All there going to do with this is force it on people same as vista. I'll stick to XP until all the bugs are ironed out

Fair enough guys, I wasnt trying to knock you or XP. But Windows 7 is going to be a BIG step up from Vista. I think maybe you should at least have a look at a later date, you might be surprised by the performance/look.

From there track record i never buy anything these release right away until its fixed and im hoping to completely skip Vista

I have Vista installed on my work computer. No Problems.

Windows 7 looks and reminds me of XP only slightly. I'll for sure try it but not until the future when the product releases. I will just stop by my local electronics store and find a computer with the software pre-installed, and enjoy it from there.

Only then will I consider. I'm just use to XP.

Sticking with XP is good and all, but I'm running Windows 7 build 7000 and all I can say is that I'm IMPRESSED.

Take into consideration that I'm a hardcore Linux buff...

Windows 7 is what Windows Vista SHOULD have been when it launched. It is a HUGE improvement over Vista, and I can honestly say that I would take Windows 7 over Windows XP.

Windows 7 is worth checking out. The boot/shutdown times are improved vastly over Vista, and dare I say a tad snappier than XP. Application compatibility is great so far, and the addition of driver updates in Windows Updates is a WELCOME change.

theres no reason to. 7 is being proven to be faster than xp and vista.

Works, thanks.
Is it 64bit?

Fishy,

right click on the link and choose copy link or copy link location depending on your broswer.

Paste in the address bar and voila.
If you click on it you'll go to the home page.
I'm in England.

Where are you guys getting the link from? Where is the DL?

I get a quick look at the Windows 7 DL page then it jumps straight to the homepage.

@ Fingers, copy the link and paste it into a new window

Ignore all that, did a restart, tried IE rather than Firefox and it worked a treat.

Cheers dude. +1

=D

i dont want to thank you later i wanna thank you now and here's a laugh

I have been trying to get this for a a half an hour now. Your link worked great. Once again thanks.

Should have it in 1hr. Thanks Omega.

can you confirm that the MP3 patch is included in these versions, since Microsoft made no reference to it? Thanks

how did you get a disagree for helping people?

It's N4g.
Thats how you get a disagree.
Maybe he owns a 360 or because he's helping people get a microsoft product?

Because there always be one. Frankly, on n4g im not surprised.

Hey you guys know if we need a key for this after the 30 days?

@Voozi
I dont think we need a key, however I do know that the beta expires August 1st 09

Voozi, yeah, you'll need a code (after 30 days), UNLESS you use a crack to remove it.

Working, virus free crack: http://www.mininova.org/tor...

^Also removes the watermark.

Thanks for the links Omega!

Damn only got to 75% and I think MS pulled it.

Yeah, i only got to 9% :(

I'm not sure whether to get the 64 bit version either. I have 32 bit XP. My machine specs are:

GM5088
AMD Athlon (tm) 64 X2 Dual
Core Processor 4600+
2.41 GHz, 1.87 GB of RAM

Also of note I have the Media Center Edition, ver 2002. I have never been a big PC gamer...with a decent graphics card could I get into the game?

Thanks guys/girls