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Windows 7 Beta Released To Public After Delay

Posted by timothy on from the join-the-queue-or-ubuntu dept.

Z80xxc! writes "The Windows 7 Beta release is now available for download by the general public, in 32-bit and 64-bit flavors. Microsoft had previously announced availability around 3 PM PST on Friday, but after unexpected numbers of people proved to be interested in the download, had to postpone it to add more servers."

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  1. Re:All that trouble... by BSAtHome · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Indeed, this should probably be in idle.

  2. Downloading now by SailorSpork · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    By the way, for some reason the user information page (right before the download page) has trouble loading when using Chrome, but works fine in IE. I don't know why this comes as a shock to me...

  3. As usual by no-body · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    seems they want to own your computer outright - no multiboot (MS world foreign concept) visible on first glance...

  4. Re:Every Release of Windows is Hyped. So What? by LingNoi · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    the underlying code remains the same

    no shit!?! Guess what! That's what all software upgrades are. Including games. The very same description could be used for Oblivion and Fallout 3. The underlying code remains the same so they're practically the same product, right? Wrong.

    What about Photoshop or 3DS Max. Underneath the new versions they're all using practically the same code.

    I mean really, what a stupid point to make.