Microsoft 7

[WalkinTarget]

Still no beta from MS .... site is getting HAMMERED !!


Edit; BOOM !! Its now up !!! Still getting sever busy tho:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/e.../dd353205.aspx

[DougBob]

Yes it is

[Trooper110]

Bleh, it just says Windows 7 Beta coming soon now, there was actually information when I first clicked it Appears that they have run out of their supply of betas to give out

[DougBob]

ROFL, They just changed the page to "Windows 7 Beta coming soon!"
These so called IT guys crack me up. I can't count the number of times an idiot manager or some so called IT professional says something stupid like oh yeah one 2950 server can handle all the traffic.
Evidently they overloaded their butt with their mouth.
When I checked earlier they had ONE server answering all http calls to start the download process. They weren't I wouldn't dought it one bit if some idiot in charge actually though it could not only handle the calls but also manage the traffic of the actual download instead of redirecting to a farm of servers.

[WalkinTarget]

Direct links:

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...FRE_EN_DVD.iso - 32 bit

http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...FRE_EN_DVD.ISO - 64 bit

[DougBob]

LOL, they're not going to leave that up WT when they want to stop all traffic, regroup and start deploy again

[Zantheus]

Wel lalmost 3hrs after WT put that up I am dlling it now....maybe they forgot lol


Not bad dl rate....1100kb/s

[WalkinTarget]

Mine's going very slowly, but its still working on that link. Another 2 hours to go ...

[not_again]

At 4:13 pm WST the file is downloading fine.

[Zantheus]

Now do u all have keys is the question lol....I know for a fact that Vista Beta keys work for it so if ne of u have those from back then...u dont have to worry...

I have a key that is good for 8 more computers so u can PM me for it

[Dead...Again]

Downloading now using WTs link. About 725KB/s. Not bad...

[Trooper110]

Ugh, not my night...from the website:

Thanks for your interest in the Windows 7 Beta. The volume has been phenomenal -- we’re in the process of adding more servers to handle the demand. We’re sorry for the delay and we’ll re-post the Beta as soon as we can ensure a quality download experience.

[DougBob]

Sorry WT, the .iso link is still work I had to try it in IE, DOH

[DougBob]

Here is a fantastic Interview with Mark R. about Windows 7 improvement. I think it may answer some of everyones question about how big a change it is over Vista.
I've mentioned him before, but Mark is the man when it comes to kernel operation, etc. That's why Windows hired him and bought out his sysinternals tools.

http://channel9.msdn.com/shows/Going...ide-Windows-7/

[DougBob]

By the way if you really want to play with Windows 7 and not mess with your current machines configuration and safely play with it, try this tool from Sun. It is a great virtual machine tool and if you don't like it try Microsofts Virtual PC. I like them both but the Sun XVM is much friendlier for video resource allocation but may require a little more knowledge on your part if you want to get network connectivity enabled. Also you can down load vmware tools also, but I haven't done it in a while and don't know what is required. I guess I should sometime

Sun xVM
Sun xVM VirtualBox

Windows Virtual PC
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...c/default.mspx