Want Windows 7 Beta 1? Here's what you have to do.

[r3volution]

PDC attendees got the Windows 7 pre-beta build, and Microsoft told them that a public beta would be available in early 2009. But you don't want to wait until then, right? You want Beta 1, right now. Well, I can't give you that, but I can tell you how you can get your hands on a physical copy of the Windows 7 Beta 1 DVD. You'll need $100 and a desire to visit one of the upcoming episodes of the MSDN Developer Conference (MDC). Here are the dates and locations you can register for:

• 12/9/08 - Houston, TX
  
• 12/11/08 - Orlando, FL
  
• 12/16/08 - Atlanta, GA
  
• 1/13/09 - Chicago, IL
  
• 1/13/09 - Minneapolis, MN
  
• 1/16/09 - Washington, DC
  
• 1/20/09 - New York, NY
  
• 1/22/09 - Boston, MA
  
• 1/22/09 - Detroit, MI
  
• 1/26/09 - Dallas, TX
  
• 2/19/09 - San Francisco, CA
  

All attendees will be getting a copy, though it's not clear whether Microsoft will be mailing them out or giving them in person (rumor has it that the DVDs will only be ready by January 13). Check out the sessions and about pages for more information. If you're going, you might as well check out all the other things Microsoft will be discussing, including Windows Azure and the Azure Services Platform, Live Framework and Mesh services, Microsoft SQL Data Services, Silverlight 2, ASP.NET 4.0, JQuery, Oslo, Visual Studio 2010, and Microsoft F#. Still not enough for you? Well, there will be giveaways at each event as well: three MSDN Subscriptions, three Robotics Packs, three Mobility Packs, and three Gamer Packs.

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Emil Protalinski

[primexx]

no seattle?!?!

I guess everyone in seattle who'd be interested already work for MS :p

[Roger H. Veteran]

well DC is on the list... hmmm maybe i will stop by :)

[rajputwarrior]

eh, i'll just wait <snipped>...

Edited December 3, 2008 by Fred Derf

[Dane]

well DC is on the list... hmmm maybe i will stop by :)

Send me a copy!! I don't want to drive two hours to DC lol.

[random_n]

I still snicker when I see "Microsoft F#"... but too bad there's no shows in Canada. :(

[Hurmoth]

no seattle?!?!

I guess everyone in seattle who'd be interested already work for MS :p

Yeah, I was disappointed in that too. I'm planning on going to one of these, and since Seattle is my favorite city, I would have gone to that one :( Now I have to settle for DC (since it is the closest).

[Brandon Live Veteran]

I still snicker when I see "Microsoft F#"... but too bad there's no shows in Canada. :(

Why?

My roommate is one of the big F# guys... he makes it sound pretty cool :)

[Windows7even]

<snipped> <snipped>

Thats what we want :)

Edited December 3, 2008 by Fred Derf

[FiB3R]

<snipped> <snipped>

Thats what we want :)

You sound like the guy that tries to sell me DVD's.

[tomwarren Veteran]

https://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/12/03/w...released-at-ces

[Ci7]

https://www.neowin.net/news/main/08/12/03/w...released-at-ces

the BPN have nothing to do with FPN as far as i know or you are tah s3mmer :p

[edgarf28]

I thought beta 1 would be public??

so why pay 100 dollar for it?? :s

[Ci7]

I thought beta 1 would be public??

so why pay 100 dollar for it?? :s

you are paying for the show not the copy :)

i believe the attendee well be getting it first then we will get shortly after some time in January

[hsraffety]

100 just to get the beta is silly. <snipped> ;)

Edited December 3, 2008 by Fred Derf

[afusion]

Geh I'll just wait for this <snipped>.

I'm so cheap about using even one blank DVD-R, you believe that?

Edited December 3, 2008 by Fred Derf

[sharp65]

Don't need torrents since it will be on microsofts servers.

[Mr. Dee]

Man, I'm glad I don't have to go back through these days of desperation to get in a Microsoft beta. BTW, Windows 7 seems to be coming together nicely based on the screenshot's from different Microsoft conferences.

[DigitalE]

100 just to get the beta is silly. <snipped>. ;)

Again, you're not paying for the Windows 7 beta. You're paying to attend the MSDN conference.

[hsraffety]

Right which I noted in the fact that "<snipped> is free to attend"

Edited December 3, 2008 by Fred Derf

[Fred Derf Veteran]

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[TruckWEB]

Probably going to be on MSDN at the same time.... I wish...

For the money I (workplace) pay for MSDN, I would hope to get it sooner than public release....

[Windows7even]

wow..not even in beta stage yet and SOME mods are getting a little jumpy...lmao