Who Here Grabbed Windows 7?

[Spartan Erik]

Grabbed a leaked Microsoft link for the 32-bit version 2 hours before the beta went live, and then grabbed a key some 4-5 hours after the beta went live (lucky refresh).

I read that someone installed Windows 7 on a 1 GHz processor and 512 MB RAM and "ran well". Fortunately I have a similar machine which can challenge this statement, my test machine in question is a 1.3 GHz P4 and a 512 MB RAM. I plan on installing tomorrow, and if successful I'll post some benchmark stats here.

Anyone else grab the beta?

[xPlozion]

not yet. where would _someone_ get a key for this so i dont' have to use an activator crack or w/e?

ps i'm too lazy to google this :P

[Smith6612]

I'm downloading the 64-bit and 32-bit versions of Windows 7. Both downloads started a few minutes ago and should be done within an hour or so. I still need to grab myself a key but I'm not sure if I'm going to install this to my older boxes or not.

[beechy]

whats the link ??? Size ???

[TechAsh]

When it's available you will be able to download the beta from: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default.aspx

Currently they have removed the download because their servers can't cope with the number of people who want it.

Thanks for your interest in the Windows 7 Beta. The volume has been phenomenal—we're in the process of adding more servers to handle the demand. We're sorry for the delay and we'll re-post the Beta as soon as we can ensure a quality download experience.

[nexhunter]

I got it also and it is much better well preforming on my pc than vista did, except for when firefox crashes it doesn't seem to want to close or allow my computer to shutdown so have to do hard reboot

[Max1337]

I'm using the 64-bit edition
And it runs great

[galaxyAbstractor]

I am trying to find someone that can mirror it because I seem banned from microsofts server for some reason. I can only dl 185 mb then it says it's finnished

[Wizet]

Hey if I download Windows 7 does that mean my Vista and all my other files will be deleted as well?