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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. What really matters by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    For getting work done, I need and want to use Linux. But since I only use Windows for playing the occasional game, I just can't get excited about XP vs. Vista vs. 7.

    All I really care is that I have some environment capable of running Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, and maybe some old Might and Magic games. I'm happy regardless of whether it's Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Linux+wine, Cedega, etc.

    (Actually, I'm happiest if it's wine or Cedega, because they're way easier to install than Windows and way cheaper. Unfortunately wine / Cedega are a bit of a crapshoot for an arbitrarily-specified game.)

  2. Re:As usual by symbolset · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Thanks for that. Saved some time.

    Did the key thing from multiple machines, with multiple Live accounts. I can confirm duplicate keys. A couple of things inferred: they want to reactivate the Windows Live userbase, probably as a prelude to selling it off. They REALLY want maximum exposure of this Beta, therefore, it's done. The thing will ship at the earliest of the anticipated dates, June or July.

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