Windows 7

PaddyTheNth

hellboy99 wrote: »

It's finally here

Seems to be the same build (7000) that has been torrented for a while now

Alanstrainor

Does the official windows 7 beta download still need a license key or is it free to use until a certain date?

kaimera

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Does the official windows 7 beta download still need a license key or is it free to use until a certain date?

30 day trial.

I dont think the beta keys are available yet are they?

kaimera

kaimera wrote: »

30 day trial.

I dont think the beta keys are available yet are they?

You will get a key valid till Aug 2009

kaimera

hellboy99 wrote: »

You will get a key valid till Aug 2009

When tho?

papu

Betas available on MSDN
tomorrow it says

papu

jmccrohan wrote: »

It could ruin peoples mp3 collection if they had being building it for years.

I havent noticed any problems , been using WMP12 with about 12kmp3's , I listen to music all the time , I have a backup of them all tho , Thanks for the news anyway.

Ginger

Its on for MSDN subscribers Full availl tomorrow by all accounts..

Its a better build than the PDC one I had. Also quicker than Vista on the same metal which is interesting for a Beta build.

A bit more info:

Windows 7 Beta 1 will be made available for a limited time during the day on January 9, 2009.

• Visit the Windows 7 page on Microsoft's website for the link.
• It will only be made available to the first 2.5 million people to download the code. Demand will be huge, so prepare to act quickly.
• Microsoft has not announced a specific time on Friday for the release, but we can expect it will be later in the day so the west coast of North America isn't left out.
• Windows 7 Beta 1 will be offered as an ISO image. It's around 2.5 or 3 gigabytes, so you will need a DVD burner if you want to install it.
• You will be required to register before downloading so Microsoft can give you a product key.
• It will be build 7000.
• The beta will only support Windows Vista SP1 to Windows 7 upgrades. If you're not running Vista SP1 right now, upgrade before you try to install the Windows 7 beta.
• There is also a clean install option for the Win7 beta.
• There is no upgrade path from XP.
• There's only one version of the beta, which Microsoft says "is roughly equivalent the Ultimate edition of Windows Vista."
• The Windows 7 Beta will expire on August 1. You will probably be forced to go back to using Vista SP1 on August 1 (or maybe upgrade to Win7 Beta 2?).
• English, German, Japanese, Arabic, and Hindi versions will be available Friday.
• Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions will be available (except for Hindi, which only gets a 32-bit version).
• If you're upgrading, remember to back up your PC. It's a beta, stupid!

Irishpimpdude

Installed this yesterday, think its great so far :-)

SickBoy

Is the beta going to be available to the public?

leninbenjamin

SickBoy wrote: »

Is the beta going to be available to the public?

yes. see hellboys post.

SickBoy

leninbenjamin wrote: »

yes. see hellboys post.

D'oh!

Zascar

Lads as soon as anyone sees that the download link is live, can someone please let us all know here? Cheers

Mr E

Microsoft has not announced a specific time on Friday for the release, but we can expect it will be later in the day so the west coast of North America isn't left out.

I guess this means late afternoon?

Zascar

Zascar wrote: »

Lads as soon as anyone sees that the download link is live, can someone please let us all know here? Cheers

Will do

Mr E wrote: »

I guess this means late afternoon?

Around 8pm our time.

cormie

Can somebody give a quick briefing on what windows 7 actually is? Is it a whole new operating system and will replace everything I have in XP, does it need to be paid for or is it just a little software update that can be used with XP/Vista?

SickBoy

cormie wrote: »

Can somebody give a quick briefing on what windows 7 actually is? Is it a whole new operating system and will replace everything I have in XP, does it need to be paid for or is it just a little software update that can be used with XP/Vista?

Complete new OS

Zascar

Totally new OS. You'll have to buy it. Probably not as bit a change as there was from xp to vista, but plenty of new stuff there. Seems to concentrate on usability, speed and stability moreso then flashy nonsense graphics etc like vista did, which is a good thing.

Gets good reviews so far but its very early days.

cormie

cormie wrote: »

Can somebody give a quick briefing on what windows 7 actually is? Is it a whole new operating system and will replace everything I have in XP, does it need to be paid for or is it just a little software update that can be used with XP/Vista?

It's a new OS, have a read here to find out more about it:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default.aspx

cormie

Thanks for the replies

Still looks a bit too flashy for me, them icons in the bottom left look far too big, are they not just the same as the quicklaunch icons on xp? I don't think things like preview panes are much use if you can more easily just read the taskbar tab.:o

Sherifu

cormie wrote: »

Thanks for the replies

Still looks a bit too flashy for me, them icons in the bottom left look far too big, are they not just the same as the quicklaunch icons on xp? I don't think things like preview panes are much use if you can more easily just read the taskbar tab.:o

Watch a video of them in action tbh.

Stephen

Is there a legit download link available for this yet? Microsoft's windows 7 site seems to be getting hammered.

Ponster

Stephen wrote: »

Is there a legit download link available for this yet? Microsoft's windows 7 site seems to be getting hammered.

It's 7am in the Microsoft offices. You'll have to wait a little longer I'm afraid



Seems that it duel boot is as easy as ever to set up :

http://www.sriraminhell.com/2009/01/windows-7-build-7000-installation-guide.html

Zascar

Windows 7 site is not even responding now - probably so many people trying to get on. Dam I hope I don't miss this one

LOL:

Ponster

xkcd ftw !

Ponster

jmccrohan wrote: »

Just be wary...

Fixed

ethernet

cormie wrote: »

Can somebody give a quick briefing on what windows 7 actually is? Is it a whole new operating system and will replace everything I have in XP, does it need to be paid for or is it just a little software update that can be used with XP/Vista?

There will be free upgrades to 7 from Vista for PCs purchased from 1 July, 2009.

far2gud

Folks,

Anyone have a link yet? website is crawling.

Zascar

Still no link

The Windows Blog you cannot even get onto the site, says server is too busy.

Also, I cannot get LogMeIn to work on Windows 7 - anyone know how to fix it?