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Windows 7 Open Beta
2009-01-09, 2:22 PM #1
Just FYI in case you didn't know, MS is offering free downloads of Windows 7 Beta (build 7000)

64-Bit version:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/3/633118BD-6C3D-45A4-B985-F0FDFFE1B021/EN/7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD.iso

Their site is sorta getting hammered right now so you'll have to snatch the Product Key from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/ later

Quote:
Due to very heavy traffic we’re seeing as a result of interest in the Windows 7 Beta, we are adding some additional infrastructure support to the Microsoft.com properties before we post the public beta. We want to ensure customers have the best possible experience when downloading the beta, and I’ll be posting here again soon once the beta goes live. Stay tuned! We are excited that you are excited!


Slickdeals thread: http://forums.slickdeals.net/showthread.php?t=1116187

Keep updated at http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/default.aspx
一个大西瓜
2009-01-09, 2:29 PM #2
How do they manage to keep making it uglier?
Detty. Professional Expert.
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2009-01-09, 2:36 PM #3
[http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/windows_7.png]
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Ye Olde Galactic Empire Mission Editor (X-wing, TIE, XvT/BoP, XWA)
2009-01-09, 3:27 PM #4
link for x86 people?
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2009-01-09, 3:42 PM #5
Uhg, proof that xkcd guy is a urkadurr.
2009-01-09, 4:24 PM #6
Rob, go to the actual xkcd page and view the message on the image tooltip.
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2009-01-09, 4:27 PM #7
Originally posted by Detty:
How do they manage to keep making it uglier?

I don't think it looks much different?

I think Aero looks nice, but I always thought the Aero Unified theme is much better.
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2009-01-09, 5:03 PM #8
Has anyone installed it yet? Whats the system requirements?
"Nulla tenaci invia est via"
2009-01-09, 5:31 PM #9
(Most/all of this info can be found in the second post (wiki) of the Slickdeals thread)

Zan:

Quote:
The minimum requirements for running Windows 7 are a PC with a 1 Ghz processor, 1GB of RAM, 16 GB of disk space, 128MB of video memory and support for DX9 graphics.


Originally posted by Ford:
link for x86 people?

http://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/3/633118BD-6C3D-45A4-B985-F0FDFFE1B021/EN/7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULFRE_EN_DVD.iso

Also keep in mind

Quote:
How to Deal with the MP3 issue ?

MP3 files
When MP3 files are added (either manually or automatically) to either the Windows Media Player or the Windows Media Center library, or if the file metadata is edited with Windows Explorer, several seconds of audio data may be permanently removed from the start of the file. This issue occurs when files contain thumbnails or other metadata of significant size before importing or editing them. To avoid this, take the following steps:

To protect your MP3 files

1. Before you install this Beta release, back up all MP3 files that might be accessed by the computer, including those on removable media or network shares.
2. Install the Beta release of Windows 7; then install this update (KB961367);;;;;;
You can download the 32-bit (x86) version here and the 64-bit (x64) version here.
一个大西瓜
2009-01-09, 5:48 PM #10
So when this comes out for real, will all of us with Vista get free upgrades because MS seems to be intent on jumping ship on the OS so quickly? Doubt it, but it'd be nice.
2009-01-09, 5:53 PM #11
Pommy, 16 GB of disk space?!!

I don't know much about tech stuff, but isn't that ALOT!?!
I got an external HD for christmas, but before that I had a 50 GB HD, and almost never did I have 16 free. That's crazy, 16gb, right?
2009-01-09, 6:09 PM #12
I just pasted that from the Windows 7 site but yeah. Apparently. haha.
一个大西瓜
2009-01-09, 7:03 PM #13
Originally posted by Squirrel King:
Pommy, 16 GB of disk space?!!

I don't know much about tech stuff, but isn't that ALOT!?!
I got an external HD for christmas, but before that I had a 50 GB HD, and almost never did I have 16 free. That's crazy, 16gb, right?

You do realize a terabyte harddrive is like 100-120 bucks nowadays, right?
D E A T H
2009-01-09, 7:15 PM #14
Originally posted by Squirrel King:
I don't know much about tech stuff, but isn't that ALOT!?!

No?
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2009-01-09, 7:50 PM #15
I got an external 1tb drive for $140 which is good I understand. So internals are probably in the price range you mentioned.

Originally posted by Pommy:
1. Before you install this Beta release, back up all MP3 files that might be accessed by the computer, including those on removable media or network shares.
2. Install the Beta release of Windows 7; then install this update (KB961367);;;;;;
You can download the 32-bit (x86) version here and the 64-bit (x64) version here.


As long as you install the update before running WMP or using Windows Explorer to edit metadata on mp3s there shouldn't be a problem... I'm not going to back up all 10gb of my music just for this :O.

2009-01-09, 8:11 PM #16
Originally posted by DSettahr:
So when this comes out for real, will all of us with Vista get free upgrades because MS seems to be intent on jumping ship on the OS so quickly? Doubt it, but it'd be nice.


That would indeed be nice...
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2009-01-09, 8:55 PM #17
Originally posted by Squirrel King:
Pommy, 16 GB of disk space?!!

I don't know much about tech stuff, but isn't that ALOT!?!
I got an external HD for christmas, but before that I had a 50 GB HD, and almost never did I have 16 free. That's crazy, 16gb, right?


That is also the size of a typical Vista install. Theres a reason it ships on DVD.
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2009-01-09, 9:32 PM #18
Squirrel King... wow.
Even my mother has 400 gig on her cheap-*** needed-something-for-excel-and-bejeweled- computer she got a while ago.
The thought of having to live on 50 gig as long as you have... well I just couldn't do it. I'd go MAD *twitch*
You can't judge a book by it's file size
2009-01-09, 9:38 PM #19
Originally posted by EAH_TRISCUIT:
That is also the size of a typical Vista install. Theres a reason it ships on DVD.


I prefer floppy disks.
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2009-01-09, 9:45 PM #20
That's gross, echoman.
2009-01-09, 9:45 PM #21
ohhh, disks. ok.
2009-01-09, 10:25 PM #22
I don't even have a floppy drive... :ninja:
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Ye Olde Galactic Empire Mission Editor (X-wing, TIE, XvT/BoP, XWA)
2009-01-10, 12:48 AM #23
Originally posted by The Mega-ZZTer:
I got an external 1tb drive for $140 which is good I understand. So internals are probably in the price range you mentioned.



As long as you install the update before running WMP or using Windows Explorer to edit metadata on mp3s there shouldn't be a problem... I'm not going to back up all 10gb of my music just for this :O.


Yeah, you're right ... again I just pasted fromt he Slickdeals thread without really noticing so yeah el oh el
一个大西瓜
2009-01-10, 6:46 AM #24
Since you're all basically computer manufacturers yourselves, I had a question regarding this beta.. I have heard about a program called Partition Magic that can create a partition of an existing point in your HD without a format or anything.

Can I create a partition with this program (as I have been told I can do) and install the WIndows 7 Beta to that partition of the same HD my current Vista is installed to? After this, will it automatically give me the option to choose which one to boot into when I restart or do I have to change some other settings? Also, when the beta runs out and I uninstall this, will everything automatically go back to normal as it currently is now (meaning I just reboot and boom - into vista she goes without having to select anything, etc)?
2009-01-10, 11:35 AM #25
its up!
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2009-01-10, 1:36 PM #26
MS's link:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-download.aspx
一个大西瓜
2009-01-10, 1:41 PM #27
Yeah... the beta sucks so far. Networking drivers are broken and don't work. I think it somehow broke my DVD drive (?!?!) and of course like Vista the DVD totally screws up your bootloaders without you needing to install Windows off of it.

2009-01-10, 1:45 PM #28
uh, what?
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2009-01-10, 2:19 PM #29
Mega, every single thing I've seen about the beta says the exact opposite of what you're encountering.

It is Beta after all :(
2009-01-10, 2:27 PM #30
I got it running on my MacBook Pro with little trouble. Only thing I had to do special was install the Realtek audio drivers afterwards cause the Bootcamp audio drivers didn't work for some reason. Haven't really used it much though since it's not all that different from Vista.
2009-01-10, 2:31 PM #31
I've snatched it but haven't installed it on anything yet since my laptop is XP and I can't do an XP->7 upgrade :(

And I'm hesitant to install it over Vista on my primary/HTPC.
一个大西瓜
2009-01-10, 3:06 PM #32
Yeah after reading the stuff in the installation guide about Microsoft not guaranteeing that it won't wipe your hard drive or something, plus you have to revert to a previous version or buy the new version before August 1... no thanks. Not worth my time and effort.
2009-01-10, 4:06 PM #33
Originally posted by Emon:
Rob, go to the actual xkcd page and view the message on the image tooltip.


No... that's pretty much my experience so far. Still no luck getting networking to work.

And apparently for some reason this single DVD-RW I accessed with a DVD-ROM drive in Windows 7 no longer works in Windows XP on the same computer, but works fine in other computers. W. T. F.

2009-01-10, 4:23 PM #34
50GB HDD?

Even by todays standards a 320GB is small. lol
2009-01-10, 8:16 PM #35
...but I like Vista. :(
2009-01-10, 8:56 PM #36
Originally posted by Xzero:
50GB HDD?

Even by todays standards a 320GB is small. lol


I got it when I was still in High School, so it's an older computer, Dell Inspiron 8600.
Edit, I just googled it, and it appears most of them game with a 40GB hd, I guess I got lucky.
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2009-01-11, 1:15 AM #37
So apparently MS is going to be "giving out free updates (upgrades?) to Windows 7 after July for new machines you purchase". This could be totally false, though ... I read it on some forum and the guy could be just making it up.
一个大西瓜
2009-01-11, 5:11 AM #38
me? I'm going with the dual booting option
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2009-01-11, 6:00 AM #39
It certainly looks like **** but then Microsoft isn't really known for their design. Maybe I'll give it a shot once I do another backup.
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2009-01-11, 6:27 AM #40
Originally posted by Temperamental:
Since you're all basically computer manufacturers yourselves, I had a question regarding this beta.. I have heard about a program called Partition Magic that can create a partition of an existing point in your HD without a format or anything.

Can I create a partition with this program (as I have been told I can do) and install the WIndows 7 Beta to that partition of the same HD my current Vista is installed to? After this, will it automatically give me the option to choose which one to boot into when I restart or do I have to change some other settings? Also, when the beta runs out and I uninstall this, will everything automatically go back to normal as it currently is now (meaning I just reboot and boom - into vista she goes without having to select anything, etc)?

Vista has tools on it that you can use that actually work better than Partition Magic does. Partition Magic was created in the days of windows 98/2000 when that kind of **** was extremely sketchy to attempt.

Look it up and I'm sure you'll be able to hunt down something like what I'm talking about.
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