Windows 7 Beta

[kiwi_2005]

From what ive read this OS will be very fast with many improvements over Vista.


This should bring joy to many tech / nerds around the world, Microsoft has just announced that Windows 7 beta will be released on a larger scale to its MSDN users in just a few days. This should come as a good Xmas present for investors and also computer enthusiasts . Windows 7 beta is expected to be a full “Beta” still not 100% stable but it will contain all features that have been spoken about over the last few months. Current versions of windows 7 floating around are handicapped versions at best and have a lot of features missing.
Anyway head over to Microsoft and sign up as a MSDN user for your chance to Beta Test Windows 7. Use this link to Sign up for the Microsoft MSDN program here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-au/default.aspx
No guarantees you will be selected but MS are looking for a broad range of people to test Windows 7. The more people who test the windows 7 beta the better as we really don’t want a repeat of Windows Vista. Good luck


Windows 7 display drivers already.. (http://windows7info.net/news/windows-7-display-drivers-already/)

This is great news, Microsoft has set out sample display drivers to all the main video card manafactures. This is basicly giving all the main players plenty of time to get this right, Hardware vendors have a good 9 months to fine tune Windows 7 graphics drivers.
As you would be aware Windows Vista when released had all kinds of driver / support issues and these problems continued on for quite a long time, even to this day some hardware is still causing headaches. This is a smart move by Microsoft and should build some confidence amongst MS operating systems users & fans.
We have been told that Microsoft will also work closer to other hardware vendors this time around to ensure all current hardware & upcoming hardware is windows 7 compatible. Windows 7 should really be a huge improvement over windows vista.
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[Zachstar]

This MAY restore my confidence in Microsoft.

While Vista is a requirement for gaming these days. It still sucks. Hopefully there will be a Windows 7 minimum process version.

[CaptainHaplo]

Vista isnt really bad at all - its actually very good in a number of ways if you have the right version and config it properly.

I hope to get to try W7 on some test machines at work soon - if IT will let loose of the MSDN kit long enough for me to install it on a box for testing. Thankfully, thats part of my role - making sure the sftw we make actually works, so I have a good reason to do it.

[Zachstar]

The beta is out! And to rave reviews!

Some are saying they think this is good enough to be the actual OS!

Now this is the difficult part. They will be tempted left and right to fill it with bloatware. Tho so far they are steadfast about getting out a version that just works. If they can do that.. I think they will regain their position.

[Task Force]

I hope so, Im sick of vista 32bit, I wish this computer would have came with 64bit vista.

[Zachstar]

Well just as expected it has "Appeared" on the trackers.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/29/windows-7-beta-iso-leaked-to-internet-world/

BTW It is wrong to install it (It was meant for MSDN subscribers I believe) However if you do be careful as there are reports of fake versions full of viruses and spyware out there.

So far the consensus is that it is of high quality and runs extremely fast! However. Again this is when things can go REALLY bad. MS is going to be REALLY tempted to fill it with bloatware at this point.

Right now it is faster than XP
When it arrives it will likely be the same speed as XP
If they give in it will be as slow as Vista.

[Zachstar]

Some videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWd_569XyrE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDbbmwqMGSA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEp9kthjtX8 (WOW Windows 7 running on a POS Pent 3 800mhz with 512 SLOW ram)

If they can hold this MS will win.

[Task Force]

HEY MICROSOFT!!!! Send one of those disks my way, I got a nice computer with a 3.0 e8400 and a 8800gts waiting!!!:rotfl:Aaaahhh well, Ill have to wait for the release.:shifty:

[Zachstar]

I believe if you have access to MSDN you can download it from MS networks.

Tho I hear getting MSDN is a tad difficult.

Subscriptions are sold on an annual basis, and cost up to $10,939 USD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Dollar) per year per subscription http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSDN

[Task Force]

:o Thats alot of money.:o

[Reece]

:o Thats alot of money.:oAnd that's an understatement!!:yep:

[Task Force]

:o Thats alot of money.:oAnd that's an understatement!!:yep:
Now what kind of person is gonna pay that much money, for just that.:hmm:

Maby a business would.

[kiwi_2005]

The first advance reviews of Microsoft (MSFT) Windows 7 Beta are starting to circulate, and here's what we know so far: It looks and feels a lot like Vista, but adds a handful of minor performance and UI improvements.

From Adrian Kingsley-Hughes at ZDnet:

* Software and hardware that worked under Windows Vista will still work under Windows 7, hugely important in encouraging upgrades. Windows 7 install times are below half an hour, good for Microsoft.
* Some user-interface changes are in the works, most of them good. New are "Aero Snap," which lets users minimize Windows by dragging them to the top of the screen, "Aero Peek" which temporarily hides open windows and shows the desktop (which sounds a lot like a feature already in Mac OS X), and a new taskbar Adrian describes as "kludgey and counter-intuitive."
* Web browser Internet Explorer 8 and Windows Media Player both get improvements, but both still lag behind third-party alternatives already available.

The summary: "I like Windows 7, a lot. Microsoft seems to have put a lot of effort into developing a core operating system that is free from the pointless frills of the likes of XP and Vista. The OS is solid and fast."

So call it a base hit: Windows 7 will probably do well at first -- there's pent-up demand from Windows users who have been avoiding Vista, and the new OS seems to have numerous worthy improvements. But in the long run, it sounds like Windows 7 is to Vista what Windows 98 was to Windows 95: Better, but not a game-changer.

And in the long run, Microsoft needs a game-changer. Slowly but steadily, the company has been losing market share and buzz to Apple (AAPL). And while we'll probably upgrade to 7 from Vista in a heartbeat, there's nothing yet coming out of Microsoft that changes that problem.

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[Wolfehunter]

I believe if you have access to MSDN you can download it from MS networks.

Tho I hear getting MSDN is a tad difficult.

Subscriptions are sold on an annual basis, and cost up to $10,939 USD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Dollar) per year per subscription http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSDNThats crazy...:o

[Zachstar]

I think ZDnet is full of it.

Windows 98 WAS a game changer. While it was not a jump to XP it really helped "Standardize" The experience and crashed FAR less than 95

As for "Minor" performance improvements Note the video of it running fine on a Pentium 3 POS that is not minor in the least bit.

[Zachstar]

http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/30/windows-7-beta-tested-photod-deemed-massive-improvement-ove/

Now of course this is where MS needs to focus on improving performance instead of letting themselves fall into the trap of bloatware. But to say the improvement is minor is crap in my view.

[Task Force]

I hope they dont fill this one with bloatware. I want to get a better os (preferably 64bit.):yep:

[Zachstar]

I hope they dont fill this one with bloatware. I want to get a better os (preferably 64bit.):yep:

Well keep mentioning it then! A new build (Supposedly far more public than MSDN Build 7000) Is due next month and that will tell the first signs.

[longam]

I hope they dont fill this one with bloatware. I want to get a better os (preferably 64bit.):yep:

If your applications are not 64bit, your not going to see any huge advantage other then memory size.

[Zachstar]

Good news folks! 64 bit version has "Appeared"

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/07/windows-7-beta-64-bit-version-leaked-just-in-time-for-steve-ball/

It is more than obvious it is a viral campaign. but again it is copyrighted so I ain't going for it. I will wait for the public beta.

[Wolfehunter]

You know something.. I'm getting the impression that MS is the leaking them out.

Oh well... ;)

[Zachstar]

You know something.. I'm getting the impression that MS is the leaking them out.

Oh well... ;)

Just about everyone has decided that is the case.

MS is getting some AWESOME coverage over build 7000 so any idiot over there would have figured out how to do the ole "Whopps I uploaded it to pirate bay instead of HQ, oh well" PR thing by now.

It has built massive expectations for the public build. MS is going for the big one here and wants to stop Linux's advance.

I like how serious they are being.

[Zachstar]

They put the public beta build up for supposedly only 2.5 million first come first serve..

BAD BAD BAD BAD IDEA!!

Within moments the servers crashed! People were stampeding to get connected and going.

I expect it will be 1-2 MONTHS before I will be able to get it.

[Task Force]

:huh:PUBLIC.:huh: *Heads to check any ms stuff I can find.*

[Zachstar]

Don't bother. MS pulled it all down for now from what I am hearing.

It will be unstable for ATLEAST a week and more likely a month.

[Task Force]

Had a feeling.:hmm: You dont announce something like that and expect your servers to be up, and running long. lol:lol:

[Zachstar]

Vista (longhorn) taxed the servers but nothing NOTHING like this.

The reason is even with it's limited time (Aug 09). Windows 7 build 7000 is a way out! A way out of the nightmare many people have experienced with Vista. Go look at youtube to see the videos showing base installs of Windows 7 blowing away highly refined installs of vista (That is after they have spent hours disabling much of Vista's crap)

[Task Force]

Hmmmm, august 09.:hmm: (doubt it.)

[porphy]

Hi

I have the Windows 7 beta 64bit installed now, visiting subsim in explorer 8. Managed to get one of the beta keys after some refresh mania :roll: . It installs without a hitch and it is certainly faster than my Xp pro 64bit installation by the looks of it. :up: I never bothered with Vista, so there is a lot to explore at the moment. I thought it would be a good idea to get used to the new OS before its release.

cheers Porphy

[SteveW1]

Windows 7 64 bit runs beautifully installed and running in under 25 minutes, faster even than XP Pro that I had on.

Steve

[Reece]

Yep, good old Torrent sites!!:arrgh!: or not!!:oops::lol:

[kiwi_2005]

Its a beta dude, of course it will do strange things to your pc like chew up your mb's, not the finished product i wouldn't right of Windows 7 just yet. I can't test Win7 as i use the old pc for betas but last week i think she finally died. I wont run betas on my main pc so i'll just have to wait now when 7 is out. :damn:

[McBeck]

They put the public beta build up for supposedly only 2.5 million first come first serve..

BAD BAD BAD BAD IDEA!!

Within moments the servers crashed! People were stampeding to get connected and going.

I expect it will be 1-2 MONTHS before I will be able to get it.They have removed that restriction and put up more servers to handle the load.
I had no problems getting both the 32 and 64 bit versions

[Castout]

Windows 7 64 bit runs beautifully installed and running in under 25 minutes, faster even than XP Pro that I had on.

Steve

Oh Microsoft, Mr Gates, please don't get greedy over Windows Seven 64 bit. Make a bit of charity sell Windows Seven 64 bit for under 200 dollars and change the face of computing forever.

Good day,
Not particularly a fan of you :D

So please make me a fan of you, sell Windows Seven 64 bit for under 200 bucks.


Well if not we may instead have to change the face of you Mr Gates forever. :rotfl:

[McBeck]

I ran 3DMark06 on both my old XP and the updated Window7

XP: 10100
Win7: 9800

3D performance still needs some tweaking :)