Windows 7 Public Beta

Mooga · 01-09-2009, 08:07 AM

It should be going public soon.
However, people seem to forget how awesome the longhorn beta was!
xkcd seemed to have gotten the message right.

Let's hope we're wrong!

Anshinritsumai · 01-09-2009, 09:42 AM

Damn... and I spent hours downloading Beta 1 Build 7000 x86...

Nuk3m · 01-09-2009, 10:13 AM

I would download it, however im not reformatting just to be a guinea pig.

Demasu · 01-09-2009, 10:17 AM

I might try this out now that I'll have a free 500gb HDD laying around thanks to Christmas. I'll be using it for testing out other OS's anyways.

Mooga · 01-09-2009, 04:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nuk3m

I would download it, however im not reformatting just to be a guinea pig.

Man created VMs for a reason.
Now lets just hope that VM Server 2 supports Windows 7 Beta.

Iggy · 01-09-2009, 06:53 PM

I'm going to give the 64bit version a try. It's easy enough to fix if it's a disaster... just reset the system to it's original factory settings.

Mooga · 01-09-2009, 07:26 PM

If you want to download the beta: LINK

Mulchman MM · 01-09-2009, 07:32 PM

sweet, i started the week wanting to get the beta only to find out it wasn't out yet. and now it is! i only had to wait four days; that's awesome!

EDIT: Bleh, they want you to use ActiveX to download? Grrrr.

Mooga · 01-09-2009, 07:35 PM

The official links haven't been posted on Microsoft's website. However, they have been having website issues all day because of all the people trying to get the beta.

The links in that article works fine. It runs a java downloader. I'm at 20%

Mulchman MM · 01-09-2009, 08:04 PM

It made me install an ActiveX download manager and it's complete garbage so far. The download page - the link to the .iso that you copy/paste into the browser - keeps refreshing and prompting the download manager to add another download.

Anyway, only after firing up a Windows VM and opening the .iso link in Internet Explorer am I able to get it to start working in their piece of shit download manager. Bleh, I'm just annoyed it wouldn't work in Firefox running on Ubuntu. And the more I use Ubuntu the more I'm annoyed when I have to do certain things with certain pieces of software and these certain pieces of software only work in certain operating systems.

Nuk3m · 01-09-2009, 08:32 PM

good thing its only a beta or else you would be reall pissed.

Anshinritsumai · 01-09-2009, 08:40 PM

Rofl. Microsoft removed the beta from the site already. Apparently there servers can't handle the demand.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/e.../dd353205.aspx

Mulchman MM · 01-09-2009, 08:44 PM

Glad I at least got the x86 .iso downloaded... just need a CD key now.

Mooga · 01-09-2009, 08:50 PM

When I was 70% done they changed it...
Now the link is a DIRECT download. It used to be a java downloader...

Backstaber · 01-10-2009, 12:18 AM

Sticking with XP. Like when I stuck with 98 till like 05

Bridget · 01-10-2009, 01:01 AM

Windows 7! Vista, but now with more shitty useless features and a different desktop theme! Only $700!

DarkeN_HellspawN · 01-10-2009, 01:38 AM

It is not bad but you can still tell that it is based on the Vista kernel and the boot speeds are much better then Vista ever was but that all depends of course what you have in startup. Now the hardware is the same as if running Vista SP1 and some of the garbage has been removed but it still has a vista feel to it and shit still has been moved.

dh

Credge · 01-10-2009, 08:02 AM

I'm going to have to test it out. I'm going to be building my recording PC and I might as well make it a dual boot PC. We'll see how it works out.

Mooga · 01-10-2009, 08:55 AM

I installed Windows 7 on a VM.
It's working well. The only problem I had was if you tried to run a youtube video in full screen it would freaze the computer...

פֿяαιп βαмαgεפ · 01-10-2009, 12:47 PM

I'm gonna wait.

01-09-2009, 08:07 AM	#1
Mooga Colorless FTW D&A Member Beta Tester Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: A Small Box Affiliations: SRCDS.com Posts Rated Helpful 1 Times	Windows 7 Public Beta It should be going public soon. However, people seem to forget how awesome the longhorn beta was! xkcd seemed to have gotten the message right. Let's hope we're wrong! Last edited by trepid_jon; 01-10-2009 at 09:13 AM. Reason: prefix fun

01-09-2009, 10:17 AM	#4
Demasu Official FF Medic Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I might try this out now that I'll have a free 500gb HDD laying around thanks to Christmas. I'll be using it for testing out other OS's anyways. __________________ Some ER Trauma Doctor: Which way did he point the gun? Was it towards the front of your face or the back of your face? ...and you wonder why I love doctors.

01-09-2009, 07:32 PM	#8
Mulchman MM Retired FF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lacey, WA Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	sweet, i started the week wanting to get the beta only to find out it wasn't out yet. and now it is! i only had to wait four days; that's awesome! EDIT: Bleh, they want you to use ActiveX to download? Grrrr. __________________ Head of the Orca Revolution (TM)

01-09-2009, 08:04 PM	#10
Mulchman MM Retired FF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lacey, WA Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	It made me install an ActiveX download manager and it's complete garbage so far. The download page - the link to the .iso that you copy/paste into the browser - keeps refreshing and prompting the download manager to add another download. Anyway, only after firing up a Windows VM and opening the .iso link in Internet Explorer am I able to get it to start working in their piece of shit download manager. Bleh, I'm just annoyed it wouldn't work in Firefox running on Ubuntu. And the more I use Ubuntu the more I'm annoyed when I have to do certain things with certain pieces of software and these certain pieces of software only work in certain operating systems. __________________ Head of the Orca Revolution (TM)

01-09-2009, 08:44 PM	#13
Mulchman MM Retired FF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Lacey, WA Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Glad I at least got the x86 .iso downloaded... just need a CD key now. __________________ Head of the Orca Revolution (TM)

01-09-2009, 09:42 AM	#2
Anshinritsumai °_o Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: 127.0.0.1 Class/Position: Medic & Engy Gametype: AvD Affiliations: DM, OC, -[CfH]- Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Damn... and I spent hours downloading Beta 1 Build 7000 x86...

01-09-2009, 10:13 AM	#3
Nuk3m Banned Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Jersey, USA! Class/Position: Scout / Offense Gametype: Capture the Flag Affiliations: :e0: Founder Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	I would download it, however im not reformatting just to be a guinea pig.

01-09-2009, 07:26 PM	#7
Mooga Colorless FTW D&A Member Beta Tester Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: A Small Box Affiliations: SRCDS.com Posts Rated Helpful 1 Times	If you want to download the beta: LINK

01-09-2009, 07:35 PM	#9
Mooga Colorless FTW D&A Member Beta Tester Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: A Small Box Affiliations: SRCDS.com Posts Rated Helpful 1 Times	The official links haven't been posted on Microsoft's website. However, they have been having website issues all day because of all the people trying to get the beta. The links in that article works fine. It runs a java downloader. I'm at 20%

01-09-2009, 08:32 PM	#11
Nuk3m Banned Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Jersey, USA! Class/Position: Scout / Offense Gametype: Capture the Flag Affiliations: :e0: Founder Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	good thing its only a beta or else you would be reall pissed.

01-09-2009, 08:40 PM	#12
Anshinritsumai °_o Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: 127.0.0.1 Class/Position: Medic & Engy Gametype: AvD Affiliations: DM, OC, -[CfH]- Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Rofl. Microsoft removed the beta from the site already. Apparently there servers can't handle the demand. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/e.../dd353205.aspx

01-09-2009, 08:50 PM	#14
Mooga Colorless FTW D&A Member Beta Tester Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: A Small Box Affiliations: SRCDS.com Posts Rated Helpful 1 Times	When I was 70% done they changed it... Now the link is a DIRECT download. It used to be a java downloader... Last edited by Mooga; 01-09-2009 at 11:09 PM.

01-10-2009, 12:18 AM	#15
Backstaber Custom User Title D&A Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Jersey Class/Position: Scout Offence Gametype: Capture The Flag Affiliations: None Posts Rated Helpful 0 Times	Sticking with XP. Like when I stuck with 98 till like 05

01-10-2009, 01:01 AM	#16
Bridget Banned Join Date: Sep 2008 Class/Position: Soldier Gametype: AVD Affiliations: TALOS Posts Rated Helpful 5 Times	Windows 7! Vista, but now with more shitty useless features and a different desktop theme! Only $700!

01-10-2009, 01:38 AM	#17
DarkeN_HellspawN FORUM ADM!N Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: The Sun Class/Position: O/D D/O - For life or death Gametype: 2fort Spectating Llama GD Ex. TALOS Sniper Affiliations: FF God, The Yellow Brotherhood Posts Rated Helpful 13 Times	I tested in the private beta test a few months ago............ It is not bad but you can still tell that it is based on the Vista kernel and the boot speeds are much better then Vista ever was but that all depends of course what you have in startup. Now the hardware is the same as if running Vista SP1 and some of the garbage has been removed but it still has a vista feel to it and shit still has been moved. dh __________________ If you come across a great Yellow entity offering a yellow pill, take it. Its sunshine will grow in you stomach like a bowl of Sea Monkeys - The Great Yellow Book Page 8765 Ch. 194 -Section 3

01-10-2009, 08:02 AM	#18
Credge FF Loremaster Beta Tester Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts Rated Helpful 4 Times	I'm going to have to test it out. I'm going to be building my recording PC and I might as well make it a dual boot PC. We'll see how it works out.

01-10-2009, 08:55 AM	#19
Mooga Colorless FTW D&A Member Beta Tester Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: A Small Box Affiliations: SRCDS.com Posts Rated Helpful 1 Times	I installed Windows 7 on a VM. It's working well. The only problem I had was if you tried to run a youtube video in full screen it would freaze the computer...

01-10-2009, 12:47 PM	#20
פֿяαιп βαмαgεפ Annoying people since 1986 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Belgium a.k.a. absurdistan Class/Position: O fatty, pyro - D engy, pyro Gametype: CTF Affiliations: This space for rent. Posts Rated Helpful 1 Times	I'm gonna wait.

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