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Microsoft Begs Win 7 Testers To Clean Install

Posted by timothy on from the time-for-a-memory-wipe dept.

Barence writes "Microsoft is imploring millions of Windows 7 beta testers to perform a clean install of the forthcoming Release Candidate, rather than upgrade from the beta. 'The reality is that upgrading from one pre-release build to another is not a scenario we want to focus on because it is not something real-world customers will experience,' the company claims on the Engineering Windows 7 blog. Those who attempt to install the Release Candidate over the beta will find their path blocked." I've read complaints that reviews of new Linux distros often focus too much on the installation process; Microsoft seems to understand that complications at installation time (dual booting? preserving an existing data partition?) can sour one's experience pretty thoroughly.

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  1. Microsoft Begs Win 7 Testers To Clean Install by Taimat · · Score: 4, Funny

    ....linux

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    1. Re:Microsoft Begs Win 7 Testers To Clean Install by Taimat · · Score: 3, Funny

      I think you missed the point... Clean install linux **INSTEAD** of windows...
      Whoosh!

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  2. Be happy to by thewils · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just as soon as they release it on Pirate Bay.

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  3. Re:And when will this version stop working? by GNUbuntu · · Score: 4, Funny

    But I want my data to be tight not loose!

  4. Re:Soft machines for testing by fprintf · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have mod points, but decided I didn't like being ordered what to do. So I decided to f*ck it and post so I'd be under no obligation to follow your order. :-P

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  5. Re:And when will this version stop working? by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Actually, for many people, the threat of having your data loose would be more intimidating than having your data lost. That means you, yes you, dear reader. I know about those pictures...

  6. Re:Soft machines for testing by Pharmboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    and you got modded down for your insolence, which is kinda funny in a cosmic sort of way. Then again, so will this post.

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  7. It's just their way of saying by ethana2 · · Score: 4, Funny

    'We still don't have a decent package manager.'