Demand for Windows 7 RC will crush Microsoft Servers


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I actually installed 64 bit yesterday just to try it, but I don't like it as much as x86. Could be because of my 2gigs of ram, could be because I had the 2 program files folders :p so I downloaded legit 7100 this morning and going to install it this evening.

So your reason for not liking x64 is because of 2 program files folders? Excellent.

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not entirely. System wasn't as stable as my 32bit version, was kinda sluggish, on top of the 2 program files folders :p

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Wow, alot of crap in this thread.

Microsoft want to control when to stop the download.

If they control the tracker they can still shut it down any time they want. Ok, those who already have seeders will continue the download and maybe even get some more seeders from peer exchange but the availability will die after a while. And it will still be available on other torrent-sites after they shut it down no matter how they choose to distribute it.

My ISP has a max quota

Get a torrent-client that can limit the upload. You will not be more of a leecher than you are now when the the file is available only on http.

People can inject malicious code in the RC

Uhm...no, the torrent system has built in checksum.

Torrents can be used for piracy

Crowbars can be used for burglary, guns can be used for killing, cars can be used for speeding, etc etc...

They already have fast enough servers

They might have fast servers but the link from me to their server might be crap somewhere. Let's say i live on an island with 1000 people sharing a 1Gb/s connection, everyone on the island has 100Mb/s between each other. If everyone is using the main line at the same time i will only be able to get 1Mb/s to microsoft - even if they have 10000000TB/s servers, but if someone on the island already has the RC, i can download from them with 100Mb/s.

And btw, they apparently don't have fast enough servers, it takes time for me just to load the information-pages about win7. I'm downloading the RC at 70kb/s right now, can usually get around 1000kb/s from good sources.

It's too hard to use torrents

If you can't handle torrents you should not be using pre-release software without support.

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Here's a prediction: On May 5th, high demand for the Windows 7 RC will crush Microsoft servers.

Can someone please explain to me why they won't use BitTorrent? I assume legal reasons? What reasons exactly?

I cant get it to even start downloading, crappy deployment by MS.

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I grabbed mine early, early this morning as soon as it went live so I could avoid the server crunch today. :D Plan on installing it later this evening. :)

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I actually installed 64 bit yesterday just to try it, but I don't like it as much as x86. Could be because of my 2gigs of ram, could be because I had the 2 program files folders :p so I downloaded legit 7100 this morning and going to install it this evening.

Nitpicks. (I have half the RAM you do, and I am running 7 64-bit. Yes, you read that right; just *one* gig of RAM.)

I just upgraded Mom (from Vista Ultimate 32-bit to 7 RC 32-bit); she has more RAM than I do, but a P4 Northwood (compared to my Celeron DC), hence 32-bit.

Mom's the *real* acid test; if 7 passes the *mother test*, then it *cuts the ketchup*.

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not entirely. System wasn't as stable as my 32bit version, was kinda sluggish, on top of the 2 program files folders :p

Then something else is wrong (driver issues, application issues, etc.), as I've found 7 64-bit more stable (not less) than 7 32-bit or either version of Vista (even with SP2 applied, which is the real shocker). What makes the stability metric even more surprising is that I have but a single gigabyte of RAM.

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There's also the reality that the RC (available right now from Microsoft) has set a very high bar.

I've already *ejected* Vista 64-bit off my computer and went wholly to 7 64-bit as sole OS (something I didn't do with the Vista RC 32-bit).

Merely being a new build is no longer enough; it has to be better than the publicly-available bits.

I have nothing really against Vista as an OS (remember; that's what I was using, and what I've been recommending); however, Windows 7 is that much better.

Have you tried installing and running any PC games from 7 64 yet. I'm still running mine on Vista

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I cant get it to even start downloading, crappy deployment by MS.

I've done three downloads on two different computers today, and the *slowest* download was still averaging 600K/second. (The two computers are connected to the same shared Internet connection via the same router, and both are wired, not wireless.) Is it Microsoft, or your provider?

In both cases, I used the Microsoft/Akamai DLM.

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I don't think this is big deal that microsoft server crushes :) It would be not first time, some news about it from news portals, news papers (i think it would be some type of advertisement ) - how much people wanted to download, how good windows, and they are good :)

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Have you tried installing and running any PC games from 7 64 yet. I'm still running mine on Vista

In fact, I've tried every game I would normally run (including UT 3 and Burnout Paradise Ultimate Box). No issues whatever. (That is why I am comfortable switching.)

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I downloaded mine early this morning. At the beginning of the download it was only doing 250 - 410 kbps. I went away and came back a couple of hours later, and by then it had completed, and its last recorded speed was 807kbps.

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Why no Mini-torrent-client then? Blizzard does this with great success for World of Warcraft. They can add some HTTP torrent peers to make sure everyone gets a decent speed, then P2P does the rest. For such a big release any P2P > no P2P as their servers WILL die.

They do, it's a Java-based mini torrent app.

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They do, it's a Java-based mini torrent app.

Microsoft's Java download app does NOT use anything like torrent technology! It is more like a Java FTP client.

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