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I now have a cable ISP and a download of the Win7 Beta took 1 hour and 42 minutes. I have it saved in a work folder and don't really know that I will install it and become a tester or not---never did that before.
Hopefully you can get it here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/e.../dd353205.aspx. I have 2 or 3 extra product keys. I offer this info not thinking it is wrong because we are talking " beta tester". A download would still be a necessity, however.
I have it installed on a P4 with 2GB ram and a AGP video card with 256MB ram. Runs ok. so far there doesn't seem to be any issues. I've only had it installed for about 2hrs.
Saw the link on /. .
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...-download.aspx
i downloaded the 32bit version.
That sounds like good news jdlenke. Enjoy the new toy.
I may install on a similar computer but with just 1 GB ram.
Another thread on this sunject.
http://discussions.virtualdr.com/sho...d.php?t=236199
Might want to check out the comments.
As for the offer of KEY's
It looks like they are only giving out 10 key's
10 for technet and another 10 for everyone else.
I personally have 3 technet 32-bit keys (have the 32-bit ISO)
5 non-technet 32-bit keys (Can't seem to finsh the download)
5 non-technet 64-bit keys (Have the 64-bit ISO)
And everyone else I've talked to also has the same set of keys...
Thanks for the link Train. Still don't know what I will do with the Beta Win7 download as I would dread the August 09 deadline.
And thanks to you Rodney. Now I don't feel like I am/was hoarding those keys.
I installed W7 beta, yesterday morning. I went with a second HDD in my box, allows me the opt of reverting to my good known system. I recommend the Kaspersky AV 90 day free trial as AVG failed an install (after $$ spent). I was able to install Office 2007 with no hassle of a prior install. I suppose MS took that into consideration and thought it to be in their best interest.
One heck of a good idea there rounder; installing Win7 Beta to a second HD in your PC. I had "thought" about installing it in one of my external HDs. Your idea seems better to me. Thanks for sharing because I would not want to have to face what must be done come August 09.
Grabbed a 80 GB hdd on the shelf and installed to it.
Decided to use this antique.
Mainboard : MSI MS-6712
Chipset : VIA KT600
Processor : AMD Athlon XP @ 1833 MHz
Physical Memory : 768 MB (3 x 256 DDR-SDRAM )
Video Card : Standard VGA Graphics Adapter [GF 2 - 32MB AGP]
Hard Disk : ST380011A (80 GB)
DVD-Rom Drive : _NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A ATA Device
Network Card : Realtek Semiconductor RTL8169 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Operating System : Windows 7 Ultimate Professional 6.01.7000
DirectX : Version 10.00
Windows Performance Index : 1.0 in vista. LOL
I know this much, if windows 7 is as fast as this version in this antique, my laptop will be updated!
Well you need to consider that this is just a beta release and once August gets here it'll be done and you'll say "boy i can't wait for the full version so I can get it" or you may say "that was crap and i'm glad i didn't buy it" either way it is a test bed and not meant for your mission critical uses. You then have the option of reinstalling your previous OS.
Sounds like a good plan to me Train. Now, when beta days are over all ya gotta do is just format that "extra" HD. Simply a great idea.
jdlenke, as expressed already; installing to a "separate" clean HD, all one has to do is just format the subject HD when the beta period is over.
Or DBAN it. About 3 layers deep. Easy to do and works.Quote:
Originally Posted by buf
just downloaded download went smooth, downloaded to second harddrive havent installed yet
downloaded from here
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...-download.aspx
CDBurnerXP, Fastone Image viewer, K-lite codecs, and My ATA133 card all work.
The card used the vista drivers.
Got my Epson C88 networked.
Chkdsk ran and it sure replaced a whole passel of $SDH index files.
All is still working.