Lunk January 8, 2009 Share Lunk Member January 8, 2009 Microsoft is opening up a test version of Windows 7 for folks to download this Friday. It will expire in 6 months. And I would like to try it out for grins. But I'm in a training class thru Friday, then driving home from Dallas Friday afternoon. Any chance someone could download it and host it so that I might get it Friday night? It will be available at here Thanks. BTW I just read about this in USA Today Paper while having my morning coffee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL January 8, 2009 Share dwEEziL Member January 8, 2009 It's been "available" for some time now on "certain sites". I'll try and grab it for you Lunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters January 8, 2009 Share stutters GC Alumni January 8, 2009 Is the number of downloads limited, or just the time it will be available for download (ie, why not just grab it Friday night)? Is there anything in the article that makes you think you can download it and redistribute it? I'll be happy to try, but I'd be really, really surprised if you can download it in a format that can be redistributed. edit: done some searching - msdn guys have access to it now. - public will have access tomorrow. # of downloads will be limited to 2.5M. Darnit, now I've got to grab a copy for my VM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk January 8, 2009 Author Share Lunk Member January 8, 2009 Thanks, Dweezil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordanRinke January 9, 2009 Share JordanRinke Member January 9, 2009 We got it yesterday at work, it is running like a dream on my Mac Book Air. Really enjoying the OS, much snappier than Vista. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordanRinke January 9, 2009 Share JordanRinke Member January 9, 2009 Also, that picture was taken with my phone... how awesome is that quality? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters January 9, 2009 Share stutters GC Alumni January 9, 2009 Still no public download for the peons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfly January 9, 2009 Share dragonfly Member January 9, 2009 Yeah, that is a nice pic. I might have to try this out too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL January 9, 2009 Share dwEEziL Member January 9, 2009 (edited) Evidently you could download it previously. I see one up on a <.< "special site" that says it was taken from MS' site this morning before they got slammed. Also said you will need an SN from MS eventually but you don't need it to install. Jordan, is the MSDN one the same exact one as this one? If so, I might just grab it from a guy here at work. Edited January 9, 2009 by dwEEziL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters January 9, 2009 Share stutters GC Alumni January 9, 2009 the ms site still says "this afternoon" as if it "hasn't happened yet." i've also learned "not to trust" anything i read on the <. sites. from what i read the msdn version is same branch as one being released today.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo January 9, 2009 Share anonymo Member January 9, 2009 On a somewhat related note, anyone think when it's finally released MS will offer a direct (ie free) upgrade from Vista Ult? Or will they Apple it up and charge for what appears to be a simple OS update? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfly January 9, 2009 Share dragonfly Member January 9, 2009 I'd bet on #2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters January 9, 2009 Share stutters GC Alumni January 9, 2009 On a somewhat related note, anyone think when it's finally released MS will offer a direct (ie free) upgrade from Vista Ult? Or will they Apple it up and charge for what appears to be a simple OS update?If it doesn't have 8 different flavors to choose from, it's not worth paying for. ...or will they Microsoft it up and charge for what appears to be a simple OS degradation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage January 9, 2009 Share ZeroDamage Member January 9, 2009 Wired has working links. http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/01/how-to-get-your.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordanRinke January 9, 2009 Share JordanRinke Member January 9, 2009 Evidently you could download it previously. I see one up on a <.< "special site" that says it was taken from MS' site this morning before they got slammed. Also said you will need an SN from MS eventually but you don't need it to install. Jordan, is the MSDN one the same exact one as this one? If so, I might just grab it from a guy here at work. Most likely the same build. Released to close to the same date to have different versions. They typically don't start doing any feature divergence until closer to release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters January 9, 2009 Share stutters GC Alumni January 9, 2009 Wired has working links. http://blog.wired.com/business/2009/01/how-to-get-your.html nice, installing to vmfusion naow. if that goes well, onto the mbpro for some css Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nut January 9, 2009 Share nut Member January 9, 2009 wait is this Windows new OS? lol im still wondering what this is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordanRinke January 10, 2009 Share JordanRinke Member January 10, 2009 Windows 7 = New version of windows. Basically it is what Vista should have been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrX January 10, 2009 Share mrX GC Alumni January 10, 2009 Just installed on my laptop that's 2-3 years old. (AMD Turion 64 - TL50 with 2 gb ram). Seems to run as fast as XP so far. Have to use vista 64 drivers for video and chipset. Gotta say the interface keeps reminding me of linux desktops. So far it meets the "neat" factor... Still awaiting a product key. I was able to download it directly from microsoft though from some link I found. http://www.gearlive.com/news/article/q408-...download-links/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk January 10, 2009 Author Share Lunk Member January 10, 2009 Where do you sign up for the product key? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwack January 10, 2009 Share bushwack Member January 10, 2009 Where do you sign up for the product key? Yeah i dont see nuthin bout a key but i doubt that i'll try it out for more then an hour. It will last for 30 days without registering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZeroDamage January 10, 2009 Share ZeroDamage Member January 10, 2009 Postponed by Microsoft because they were not prepared. Servers were crashing They also decided to let everyone download a 3GB-ish sized file one at a time rather than use something intelligent like Bit torrent. Microsoft screwed this up. But let me add that if you have the ISO, you can burn it and install anyway. You get 30 days plus you can rearm it up to 3 times to get a total of 120 days with it without a key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunk January 10, 2009 Author Share Lunk Member January 10, 2009 Thanks ZD, I did get the ISO from the link you posted. So, I'll give it a shot tomorrow on my old laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters January 10, 2009 Share stutters GC Alumni January 10, 2009 you may want to install asap. the serials are limited to 2.5m, and you don't get the serial until you start the install. ps - you should see this thing on mac hardware. about time, ms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX January 10, 2009 Share NOFX Member January 10, 2009 (edited) link didn't work for me earlier, does it have a time limit on how long you can use it? edit* does the os have a time limit.. not the link Edited January 10, 2009 by .fx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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