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Windows 7 Beta Released To Public After Delay
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."
...and we still don't care. :P
Karma: Chameleon (mostly due to the fact that you come and go).
the title of that article is: Microsoft exec: Windows 7 is no service pack
They finally released it after a delay.
The delay?
They couldn't figure out how to upload the torrent to PirateBay.....
"City hall" in German is "Rathaus" Kinda explains a few things......
Yes it's a service pack and a theme pack all in one.
I tried to download the beta, and ended up with a sign in page that offers no ability to sign in anywhere. Perhaps they don't like my browser?
I am running Konqueror on KDE (in FreeBSD). I can't imagine why they wouldn't want to test that combination for their web site.
Damn_registrars has no butt-hole. Damn_registrars has no use for a butt-hole.
But what about Mojave? Mojave's AWESOME!
I've installed Windows 7 32-bit Pre-Pre-Release (build 7000 for inquiring minds) on my gaming machine and it works surprisingly well. Ventrilo took a bit of fiddling to work right, but other than that it worked better out of the box than XP Service Pack 3 does. It didn't need any extra drivers, although it did prompt me to update the Graphics card driver, which it happily did automatically.
Then the trouble started.
Since I had several firefox tabs open, I opted to put the computer into Hibernation for the night so I could continue with them this morning. It obliged surprisingly quickly and shut off the system power. Fans went off, case lights went off, and the USB devices lost power. The system was off. Off I Tell you!
I went to bed. While reading Paris in the 20th Century by Jules Verne, almost an hour after I had shut off the machine, quietly returned to life! I thought that some bump or vibration or some minuscule cosmic ray had activated the case button and quickly dismissed it as some one-off odd event. I went back to reading about Le Grande Entrepôt.
About a chapter later, I don't know how much time had passed, the beast roared back to life with the ferocity of all fans at one hundred percent and the squeal of the system speaker! Twice in one night was too much for coincidence. I put the machine into hibernation once again, unplugged the power supply and resigned myself that if it came back to life once more, I would call a priest for an exorcism. (which would be quite a phone call, considering that I do not frequent churches)
Tonight, I will be sleeping with a copy of dBaN by my side.
-jX
Don't you just love politics? It's like a comedy of errors.
Nice post and tidbits there, just one tiny nitpick.
which if you hover over makes all windows 100% translucent
At what point is something considered 100% translucent? 99.90% transparent? 99.99999999%? =)
No, it's awesome that is AWESOME!
http://awesome.naquadah.org/
Do you mean that it is a disservice pack?
.. paranoid crackpot leftover from the days of Amiga.
Approximately 1 fuckton (1.21 metric fucktonnes) of people still only have 32-bit processors at their disposal.
You geeks and your fancy kitchens. My disposal is just a simple on/off switch hooked up to a motor. No 32-bit logic in there...
This guy's the limit!
I understand you're taking precautions to avoid having rabid mac fanboys attack you (by posting AC), but seriously ... most mac users are limited to iLife and iTunes - I wouldn't worry about angry reprisals.
Quartz Extreme and Core Image. Are there any other real reasons to spend all that money on generic hardware?
Have you installed Windows 7 Beta?
Did your computer grow a Charlie Chaplin mustache, and goose-around the room, ranting nonsense?
Did your computer declare all non-Microsoft devices in your house to be "racially impure?"
Did your computer invade Poland? France? Bomb England?
Did Tom Cruise make a half-assed effort to assassinate your computer?
Thank you, for participating in this Windows 7 early experiences survey.
Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
Because it means we need to shell out extra money to get Vista Ultimate Ultimate ^2 Edition.
Boot Windows, Linux, and ESX over the network for free.
...and look at porn. You barely need Protected Mode for that.
:-)
You know, there have been quite a lot of digital STDs over the years. Might want to think again about using protected mode.
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[citation needed]
64 is larger than 32, and thus 64-bit equates to "better"
Not just "better", "twice as better"
Go to "System" -> "Administration" -> "Create a USB startup disk"
Oh, oops, forgot this was Windows we were talking about... ;)
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It is "funny" as in "ew, this smells funny", not funny as in "free beer".