Download a Legal Beta Copy of Windows 7 beta ( 32 bit or 64 bit ) on January 9th
Windows 7 Beta will be available for all to download via the Windows 7 page on January 9th PST for a limited time to the first 2.5 million people who download the beta. Also, another important thing to keep in mind is that the Windows 7 Beta will expire on August 1st, 2009. Windows 7 has got very good reviews so far.
UPDATE: Because of huge demand for Windows 7 beta, Microsoft has removed the 2.5M cap on number of downloads and anyone who downloads before Jan 24th can get the product key.
The Windows 7 Beta will be available in English, German, Japanese, Arabic, and Hindi, and each language will be available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions (except Hindi which will only be available in 32-bit). The minimum requirements for running Windows 7 are a PC with a 1 Ghz processor, 1GB of RAM, 16 GB of disk space, 128MB of video memory and support for DX9 graphics.
If you don’t want to mess-up your existing operating system, try running it on a free Virtual Machine without messing up existing operating system. VirtualBox is an open source general-purpose full virtualizer software ( create virtual machines ) for x86 hardware. This is a free product from Sun and is more powerful them commercial software’s like VMware, Virtual PC, Parallels. This runs on Windows, Linux, Solaris, OS X Macs.
- Download and Install VirtualBox from http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads and create a Virtual Machine ( Vista ) and mount the downloaded Windows 7 beta ISO and rock on.
- Once the OS is up and running, install VirtualBox Guest Additions to get proper graphics and mouse integration. VirtualBox does not support Windows 7 drivers, so You must install Guest Additions in compatibility mode. ( Open CD Drive and select properties for VBoxWindowsAdditions-x86 and in Compatibility tab ‘select “Run this program in compatibility mode for in Windows Vista”.
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January 9th, 2009 at 1:11 am
how good is this thing, hope it not killing all the RAM
January 9th, 2009 at 1:17 am
it’s 1:16 am 1/9/2009 and i cant find the link to download
January 9th, 2009 at 1:53 am
@kevin , Microsoft follows PST, so you’ll have to wait another 2 hours.
And the public reviews are very good on this. It takes very low ram
January 9th, 2009 at 3:48 am
3:49am EST, can’t find it!!!
January 9th, 2009 at 4:20 am
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January 9th, 2009 at 9:12 am
thank u
January 9th, 2009 at 11:00 am
UPDATE: According to Microsoft, Everyone can download Windows 7 Beta starting January 9, 2009 at 12:00 P.M. Pacific Time
January 9th, 2009 at 11:38 am
3 and a Half More Hours!
February 28th, 2009 at 3:50 am
hope it works
November 4th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
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