Windows 7 Official Public Beta

[Chicane-UK Veteran]

Downloading Windows 7 (x64) as we speak from MSDN. Nowhere near the speed I normally get though so gonna take a few hours :(

[DomZ]

Anyone got the MD5sum of the x64 iso from MSDN?

[Radix]

Where can I download the public beta as I dont have access to MSDN? Or at least get the key and download it later.

[Chicane-UK Veteran]

Well I'm getting unique keys on MSDN (have generated 4) so looks like you'll just have to wait till it goes properly live.. the key isn't 'one for all' as I heard being reported.

[Paixao]

You have to wait until 12PM. 21.00 in belgium i think.

[Sam Symons Veteran]

Should be available in 9 hours for me...midnight now, so I have a good sleep in then I can download this sucker.

[Panacik]

Downloading from MSDN now.

[Radix]

Thanks! I'll be patient ;-)

[Crazysah]

Man! I cannot wait for the public beta! Any other sites I can get it at?

[Digitalx]

Should be available in 9 hours for me...midnight now, so I have a good sleep in then I can download this sucker.

Haha, I'm staying up for this :D

[richardsim7]

Damn it, I'll be on a plane at that point :(

-Rich-

[Crazysah]

Anyone know what time will it be available in India? Around 1:00 AM?

[Panacik]

Downloading from MSDN now.

Note, i said MSDN. That is not an invitation for users to start PMing me asking what warez link im using and not believeing im using MSDN!

Sheesh, its not that long for the public beta!!!

[+John. Subscriber¹]

Anyone know what time will it be available in India? Around 1:00 AM?

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixe...ec=0&p1=137

[Brad.]

I'm hoping to get a copy when the public beta is released. If I'm on my pc at 7pm GMT until it releases I should be fine, hopefully.

[FaiKee]

Haha!!Just make 1 or 2 more clocks from the control panel and stop guessing man. :laugh:

[+Frank B. Subscriber²]

Is it just me or are people much more excited about the Windows 7 beta than they were about the Vista betas back in 2005/2006?

[MR_Candyman]

Is it just me or are people much more excited about the Windows 7 beta than they were about the Vista betas back in 2005/2006?

No, seems the same to me, perhaps even less enthusiastic, that might be because it's what vista should have been anyways.

[Panacik]

Is it just me or are people much more excited about the Windows 7 beta than they were about the Vista betas back in 2005/2006?

I would say its pretty much on par. However, at lot of people are going out and saying its a vast improvement compaired to the amount of people who slammed Vista for being slow and crappy.

[redeemed]

Man! I cannot wait for the public beta! Any other sites I can get it at?

*aaahhhem* of course there are! Just none we're allowed to link to. :shiftyninja:

No Warez (links) & Cracks.

Help, requests or posts that discuss circumvention. This includes linking to illegally obtained software :shifty:, movies & music files - posting about it, and suggesting obtaining it.

I think you catch my drift (Y)

[Chicane-UK Veteran]

I would say its pretty much on par. However, at lot of people are going out and saying its a vast improvement compaired to the amount of people who slammed Vista for being slow and crappy.

I think people are just being positive about it as it's so far shown that Windows 7 is a big improvement on Vista in many areas.. something that a lot of people were waiting to hear! I'm keen to try it out :)

[Digitalx]

I would watch out anyone who's got net on same backbones as akamai watch out because your network latency will go through the roof as the servers get hammered because microsofts going to be moving about 6PB or so data if all 2.5 million slots are downloaded within a few days so the networks are going to get hammered if the vista beta was anything to go by since they nearly crashed the pacific network.

for the US akamai runs through alter.net so people on sprint mobile and others similarly will probably feel a ripple effect from it all so just a heads up warning if you're on this network you may experience some delays with data low speeds and/or higher general latency etc.

[WTFever]

*aaahhhem* of course there are! Just none we're allowed to link to. :shiftyninja:

I think you catch my drift (Y)

That is very amusing and pointless. I'm one of the people you hate. I'm a lawyer. I go after people getting satellite programming without permission. Linking to, talking about, discussing methods in very minute detail on the internet is not, I repeat NOT something that would be brought into court. Me telling you were to download hacked software, and actively encouraging you to do it is not an offense. Owning a site where such actions happen is not an offense. The offense is in actually doing it, which is a totally different matter requiring proof of action. Even admitting online you have done something is not gonna have the feds at your door tomorrow. It doesn't work that way. Think of it this way.........I have a 26 inch penis and really like small goats and heroin. There, I said it......now what? Do ya think the feds are going to jump on the website owner demanding my IP(knowing it might be through 4 jillion proxies), or do you think they will have a chuckle and go eat a doughnut?

I gets really annoying for me when I see total lunacy forbidding a certain action, when it has no legal consequence. And for the site owner, if you have been advised that links or conversations about hacks or such things can get you in trouble......get a decent lawyer. One that understands at LEAST what the first amendment means. I know exactly WHY you have this silly policy in place, and it has nothing to do with law.

[FloatingFatMan]

I gets really annoying for me when I see total lunacy forbidding a certain action, when it has no legal consequence. And for the site owner, if you have been advised that links or conversations about hacks or such things can get you in trouble......get a decent lawyer. One that understands at LEAST what the first amendment means. I know exactly WHY you have this silly policy in place, and it has nothing to do with law.

Makes bugger all difference though, does it? Site rules are no discussing of warez or where to get it. It doesn't matter what legal issues there may or may not be, the site rules say no, so you're not allowed to do it. As for the first amendment thing, that's the free speech one, right? Methinks you don't actually understand where it applies. This is a privately owned web forum, not a public area; and we're not discussing political issues either, so it doesn't apply.

[Crazysah]

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixe...ec=0&p1=137

People in India are going to have a hard time. It is coming at 1:30 Am here. That means that we will have to stay up because if we sleep and then wake up at 7:00 AM, that is 5 and a half hours later. That will be too late. Even 6:00 AM will be late. So staying up is the only option.

Crazysah