Developers Will Get Windows 7 Alpha On Oct. 28

CWmike writes "Microsoft confirmed today that it will hand out 'pre-beta' release copies of Windows 7 on Oct. 28, at the Professional Developers Conference (PDC). Mike Swanson, a Microsoft technology evangelist, has said attendees will receive a 160GB external USB hard drive that will presumably include the Windows 7 alpha. Mike Cherry, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft, was cautiously optimistic that today's announcement meant Microsoft was on track with Windows 7. 'If they didn't do this, you would have to wonder if they could make the schedule,' Cherry said."

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Set aside six hours to boot the OS

[Anonymous Coward]

Based on prior releases, figure 4 hours for install, 2 hours to configure settings, and an additional 6 hours to get the OS to boot.

And don't believe them when they say it only takes a quad-core machine with 4.0 GHz, it will need an octo-core machine with a stable high-end graphics chipset running at least 50 percent faster, if prior releases are any guideline.

Re:zomg! run! or why is code so big

[WillAffleckUW]

parent is clueless

Child is still booting his OS ...