*Official * Windows 7 Thread

[gamerman4]

When does the upgrade version of 7 come out?

It seems May or June will be the release date for 7 since the Beta expires around August.

 

[Respital]

Update:

Windows 7 Public Beta Released

 

[speedyink]

Link? It's not on the windows 7 MS page..

 

[Michael]

Link? It's not on the windows 7 MS page..

I was under the impression that the Public Beta was set to launch on the 9th, not today..

-Michael

 

[speedyink]

I just read that too. Supposed to be here on the 9th

http://www.microsoft.com/windows7

 

[Calibretto]

Yup, it will be released to the public world-wide starting Friday.

http://tech-olive.com/2009/01/steve-ballmers-keynote-recap.html

There's a Recap of Steve Ballmer's Keynote earlier this evening

What I would do to be at CES

 

[Kesava]

Yeah the beta will be realeased on the 9th. Thats today for me. Unfortunately its not the 9th in the US yet... I still have to wait haha

 

[Shane]

well its 9th here in the uk,nearly 10th and i dont see any release links from MS.

ive got Windows 7 BETA from another source which i wont mention,but i can tell you its ALOT and i mean ALOT better than Vista already and its still in beta stages.

 

[pies]

Same here I have the not mentional version and am also looking for the Microsoft link.

 

[Kesava]

They were having heavy traffic to the website so they decided to add more servers and stuff to be able to handle all the downloads. They did release the links at one point in time, however now the link redirects to the windows 7 website. So you can't use them anymore.

Guess we'll just have to wait until they have everything ready. Shouldn't be too long.

 

[pies]

Yeah from what I've tried of it I liked it.
I know I had trouble getting on the site in the morning and saw some info on them adding more servers and what not.

 

[Sir Travis D]

I'm getting the beta dvd on jan 22, msdn developer conference, I will post on it then :]

 

[hells3000]

where are the keys at?

 

[pies]

They'll be on the microsoft site shortly.
And also I'm going to delete the link above because it will be on the microsoft site soon.

 

[Briguy]

Wouldn't you think Microsoft would of thought that there would be a huge demand?

 

[SIMP]

I'm installing the 64-bit version right now. Hope it's worth it!

 

[N3crosis]

Yup, it will be released to the public world-wide starting Friday.

http://tech-olive.com/2009/01/steve-ballmers-keynote-recap.html

There's a Recap of Steve Ballmer's Keynote earlier this evening

What I would do to be at CES

I'll just let everyone be the guinea pigs, and then buy it retail after I read a couple of reviews .

P.S. Is there a way to watch CES online?

 

[voyagerfan99]

Rawr. I can't find the DL link. Can someone direct me to it?

 

[pies]

Try this one
http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/01/09/windows-7-public-beta-released-remember-to-patch
You'll need to watch microsoft for the key I need to get mine as well.

 

[Michael]

Rawr. I can't find the DL link. Can someone direct me to it?

Direct from Microsoft servers:

Windows 7 Beta 1 - 32bit

Windows 7 Beta 1 - 64bit


You'll still need to check back at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/ if you want to get one of the 2.5 million keys available, when they're released.. otherwise, you can extend the 30 day trial three times, the same way as Vista - After 29 days of use, Open a Command Prompt session (Start >> All Programs >> Accessories >> Command Prompt), type slmgr -rearm and hit enter.

I'll be waiting for a key... but I'm already downloading the x86 version of Windows 7 from the link above

-Michael