Windows 7 RC Download now available!
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Rumor: Windows 7 Release Candidate on April 10th
Whoa. Time flies. We gave you the direct download links. We taught you how to get a Beta Key. Now, multiple sites, including Ars Technica and Neowin.net, are claiming that the Release Candidate will be a public one, and be released on April 10th. The Release Candidate will have the build 7048, while the first public beta version had a build number of 7000.
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Multiple Windows 7 versions coming?
Not again. That’s why Apple succeeds: Simplicity. One version of Mac OS X for everything. Anyways, the latest build is 7025, while the current, public beta version is build 7000.
Or, it could be a fake. There’s a few signs pointing that it might be a fake.
Anyways, you can’t trust a site like that. Source
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Windows 7: Anti-Virus Choices
- Symantec offers the Norton 360 3.0 Beta which works on the Windows 7 Beta
- AVG offers AVG Internet Security and AVG Anti-Virus that works with the Windows 7 Beta
- Kaspersky is offering a technical preview of Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows 7.
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How to: Get a Windows 7 Beta Key!
FIRST, download the ISO image. Here’s the links.
Even with the slmgr -rearm trick, your Windows 7 Beta copy will only last 90 days. An activation key will extend your expiry date all the way to August 1, 2009. To get your activation key, first sign-in at the Technet website with your Windows Live ID. Once you’re signed in, you must copy and paste one of the following links into your browser.
Windows 7 Beta 32-bit Activation Key:
https://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/scripts/gcs.aspx?Product=tn-win7-32-ww&LCID=1033
Windows 7 Beta 64-bit Activation Key:
https://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/scripts/gcs.aspx?Product=tn-win7-64-ww&LCID=1033
According to different sources, the 32-bit keys WILL work on the 64-bit version AS WELL. So if the 32-bit keys run out, USE the 64-bit one. There are only 2.5 million keys available.
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Windows 7 Beta Direct Download Links!
Windows 7 Beta (x86) : 7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD.ISO
Windows 7 Beta (x64) : 7000.0.081212-1400_client_en-us_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE_EN_DVD.ISO
Thanks SizzledCore
UPDATE: Get your Windows 7 Beta Key here. If you don’t have a key, your Windows 7 will only get to see the light on it’s day for 90 days only.
Josh’s Verdict: Works pretty ok for me.. Update: I finished downloading this file. Works perfectly.
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Windows 7 Beta is here!
Is here = means that it isn’t from a certain Pirate Bay and directly, legally from Microsoft.
Microsoft is limiting this beta to 2.5 million only, and the beta will expires on the 31 August 2009.
Unfortunely, Microsoft has underestimated the demand to it, and are currently “in the process of adding more servers to handle the demand.” So keep your eyes on this blog when it comes back up!
Josh’s Verdict: Time to go back to The Bay (for the time being anyways)!
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Why I love Linux
The picture describes it all..
And what other OS gives you stickers with it?
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Windows 7 outperforming XP and Vista
You might’ve heard that crazy rumor making the rounds that Microsoft leaked the Windows 7 beta on purpose to build some positive buzz, and while there’s no real evidence (or likelihood) of that of any sort, the seemingly-magical build 7000 is certainly doing well for itself. Following up on wide praise for the fledgling OS, ZDNet‘s Adrian Kingsley-Hughes pitted the beta up against XP and Vista in some informal “real-word” tasks like boot up, shut down, file maneuvers, installations and other common tasks. On both test systems, an AMD Phenom 9700 setup and an Intel Pentium Dual-Core E2200 number (with ATI and NVIDIA graphics, respectively), the Windows 7 install soundly bested XP and Vista task by task, with few exceptions. Performance testing is never an exact science, but it’s clear that Microsoft is taking performance very seriously this time around — we can’t wait for the next conveniently-leaked beta to bolster this rep even further. Next on the benchmarking agenda? Read
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Microsoft patent: pay-as-you-go PC’s?
Heavily subsidized computers are hardly a new idea, as evidenced by the number of carriers now offering “free” netbooks, but a recently revealed patent application indicates that Microsoft might be thinking about taking the idea a few steps further. Apparently, the company is at least toying around with the idea of offering a computer with “scalable performance level components” and selectable software, which sounds somewhat similar to the “managed PC” that Microsoft developed with Korea’s KT telecom a few years back. That would effectively let users only pay for the features that they used, with some added graphics performance or storage space simply a few bucks an hour away, as helpfully illustrated above. To prevent folks from “unlocking” the PC, each computer would also come equipped with a security module and metering agent that locks the PC to a particular supplier, and presumably offers up a whole host of other restrictions. Of course, this is a Microsoft patent application and, as we’ve seen, that hardly assures an actual product.
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