Microsoft To Kill Windows 7 Beta Februrary 10th

mamaphoenix writes "Paul McDougall of InformationWeek reports Computer enthusiasts who want to get their hands on the trial version of Microsoft's next operating system have just two more weeks to do so. The company says it will end availability of Windows 7 Beta on Feb. 10. There are a couple of loopholes, however. Users who started to download the OS before that date will have until Feb. 12 to complete the process. Also, Microsoft will continue to distribute product keys beyond Feb. 12 to users who have previously downloaded Windows 7 Beta but have yet to obtain a key. 'We are at a point where we have more than enough beta testers and feedback coming in to meet our engineering needs, so we are beginning to plan the end of general availability for Windows 7 Beta,' said Brandon LeBlanc, Microsoft's in-house Windows blogger, in a post Friday. Microsoft will post warnings on its Web site that the download program for Windows 7 is about to end starting Tuesday. A final version of Windows 7, Microsoft's follow-up to Windows Vista, is expected to be available in late 2009 or early 2010."

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Re:Month

[Anonymous Coward]

It is right after Caturday!

Re:bad headline

[Anonymous Coward]

Headline is a bit sensationalist..

Mod Parent Up!

Re:bad headline

[eat here_get gas]

...Headline is a bit sensationalist... ...

you must be new here...

Re:Oops

[ByOhTek]

A bit OT, but I would suggest you install the KDE apps you like, and then install XFCE, and run those apps out of XFCE, if you are really looking to upgrade to something that has a good 'current' branch, while keeping those old apps you like.

Or you could go Gnome, while keeping your preferred KDE apps.

Re:bad headline

[value_added]

Now you're being sensationalist.

The fair way to describe the situation is that Vista/Windows 7 isn't dead -- it's just resting.

Re:Oops

[von_rick]

Thats true. KDE has many useful applications which work perfectly under Gnome. You have to install some basic KDE libraries, but you don't have to rely on 4.x for everything.

Re:Oops

[Vamman]

Thank you SIR!

KDE4.x is the reason I switched back to Windows! It was just too much to bare. Inability to use older QT apps, difficulties with GTK apps. Whatever. The OpenSource solution is as bad or worse for someone with a day job. This is why desktop linux is no solution to average home users. Even with Compiz running I still couldn't take KDE4.x

Re:Month

[Anonymous Coward]

Lousy Smarch weather!

Re:Oops

[dotancohen]

The wife's play machine is running KDE Trunk. It's a decent environment, but the developers go off on their own pet projects and disregard user input. That's fine for a 0.xx release, but not for a mature product. It's not the product that I am unhappy with, it is the alienation.