Windows 7 BETA Build 6519.1.071220-1525_x86fre_client_en-us-gb1cfre_en_dvd.iso - 2.91GB

It has been leaked to certain websites (it should be all over the place before long) but for obvious reasons I can't post the link here nor in a PM.
Ill post some unseen pics as soon as I can get it downloaded.
I understand that you will doubt me as I would doubt someone else if they posted this thread, but I swear(not that means much) I am not bull****ting you all about this. As soon as I can get something that proves it to you all, I will post it.

Some screenies.

Haha and so it starts, i remember when the first Win 98 beta was leaked back in the day.

I remember when I touched my first Windows XP beta....

*sigh* memories, that's back when I used to format every 2 weeks

Ahh memories, mee too

I can vouch for this too, it was leaked to a certain beta community.

Nice one, look forward to seeing some screenshots.

Thanks for the heads up

I got yo screenshots!!

http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/04/04/w...eenshot-gallery

Yep. This build is from December 2007. Paul had a preview of it. Check it out on Winsupersite.

I still do this...

Ahhhh the memories of a beta OS...I still remember all of my friends criticizing me for using Whistler because 98se was soooo much better

PS - Nice sig Swiftie! Just saw We Own the Night with my wife a couple days ago when they mentioned the same quote

Windows 7 Beta has been out for months now... <snip>

Eh its just Vista with small enhancements right now, whats the point.

oh man, back in the days... i remember that astralgod I still do it now too, i don't even bother putting in my Vista key when installing . I am just playing around with software all day long and some of them screw it up.

Beta or Alpha?

[quote name='spacer' post='589472759' date='Jun 10 2008, 15:24']Windows 7 Beta has been out for months now.../quote]

Yes it has, however this is the first time it has been leaked to a large group of people.

It's "Milestone" releases at this point, so I guess you could call it alphas.

It's not betas anyway, that's still some way off...

i rember the day windows xp was released...... i had windows 98 that was a 95 upgrade i still had a desktop with dos on it that ran wordperfect............... those were the days before i knew what an internet was... now if i go 1 day without interner i go into a mental shutdown

Its pre-alpha.

All I care about is that someone will hopefully post pictures. ha.

well pictures are out already... actually they've been out long ago

http://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/04/04/w...eenshot-gallery

Windows 7 is far too underdeveloped for anyone to get excited about. It will be at least a year before anything vastly different than Vista can be created. This right here is, like other people have said, basically Windows Vista with a couple additions.

I don't get it, if this was the build that was released a long time ago why is this news?

Its news because it previously hadn't been leaked.

Screenshots now in first post. Thanks to djrob.

Vista All over again?

If by that you mean XP all over again, and Win2K all over again, and Win98 all over again, and Win95 all over again, then yes.

Some more screenshots: Link

That's a great collection of screenshots.

for posting that link.

yeah people went crazy back then trying to get a copy.. "Come on man just loan me the floppies"



[Off Topic] It would be awesome if you were really Hammond.. I just started watching Top Gear about 2 months ago on satellite and now I DVR it and my wife and kids watch every episode with me. (yes Hammond is their fav).. although I still love Jeremy.

I wish Microsoft would just drop the "Ultimate" naming from the builts and just stick with Windows 7 or just Windows Seven.

Testing for bugs maybe?

And why would you download a leaked build to test for bugs?

I doubt MS is gonna say oh hey thanks??

well not this time around but the last time i saved, i dunno.. $400? Beta testers of Vista got a copy for free but i didn't care about that part. I like to see what's next... to me a stable OS is boring. Same thing everyday.. no matter how many skins you put on it there's nothing new to learn about it. I've been using Vista for a few years already and even that's getting a tad boring

Beta, well surely it might crash often but you go and dig and figure out why it's crashing and then you learn things that you can apply in other situations where it's similar or same.

I never said I would download it. It's copyrighted software.

Nor was it implied, but the guy asked whats the point of the leak?

You said to test bugs... I said Microsoft are really gonna appreciate that feedback arent they?

That's exactly the way I am

I stuck with Windows ME until XP was leaked. Devils0wn? Something like that.

Was sticking with ME taking things too far? I don't know, it was a constant battle but a great way to cut your teeth.

Build is pointless since it locks out by June 10th even though it references early May. A second level of WPA kicks in and enforces that the system is not activated after that date.

The task scheduler engine is kinda buggy.

Tiburon

nooo
must resist urge to torture self with beta woes

Were testing for bugs just now anyway, that's what Vista is for, in the hope a 'real' OS comes along.

Site is really, really slow cause of all the traffic I'm guessing, heh. Any mirrors?

Wow. * Eagerly waits for the dozen more leaks to come out*

Maybe these leaks... can get us to 8 Million Posts?

This being from back in Dec 07, I'm interested in where MS is at right now. I'm guessing they're probably up into the 67xx builds if not higher. The wait for PDC is a killer in this regard. *sigh*

lol soo true

mmm, no, go troll somewhere else.

That was happened to Vista. Hundred thousands of testers helped to make it very stable and secure. Why old build? Because MS needs to test out something important from this build. Something important that also exist in other newer builds, but they don't want to show the current state of development and new features. They just need a lot of feedback for something, they don't even want to tell, where this M1 build is enough for testing that unnamed feature. That's why they allowed M1 build to go away.

Microsoft doesn't sanction build leaks.

Not the leak itself, but they handed this build out of MS to a few people months ago. It's how Paul got it and also got the OK from MS to post screenshots of it on his website.

Why is it when they release new "Alpha/Beta" releases of upcoming Windows OS's, they Always change the ScreenSaver, it's like the first thing they are thinking about. I would be worrying about making the build more useable/stable/fixing the 400 Security Updates/ etc... But no, they always have to go and change everything that says 2000/XP/Vista to the brand new name right out of the gates.

IMO, I think these changes to the UI should be done at the very end of the development stages, Anyone else agree? It's kind of like the Demo they had the other day with the touch interface and the "I can't really talk about it" taskbar. I would worry more on fixing the kernel and patching everything so it works correctly before I start changing the taskbar or playing with touch sensors. Let's see I can touch the screen all I want but if Windows isn't stable what good is it?

Just my couple of cents (sense)

You do realize there is more than one person working on Windows, right? There are multiple teams, one for the kernel, one for the shell, and so on. The guy working on the taskbar probably wouldn't be very well suited for working on the kernel, but that doesn't mean he should sit around doing nothing until that part is finished.

I think it just seems silly to have these included in such an early build. Maybe they should focus on fixing Vista somewhat, then work on all the fixes and core elements for Windows 7. Add the crazy UI in builds that are a little later in the development or use them for internal testing, I don't think changing the Screen Saver is really necessary right now No...