Windows 7 public beta released

[voodooflux]

don't think public release is until Friday...

You are correct - for some reason I've been thinking it's the 9th today

[TheFaQQer]

I'm going to try it as a virtual machine and see how that goes.

[scooby]

You are correct - for some reason I've been thinking it's the 9th today

Oh yeah! I fell for that too!!!

[voodooflux]

I'm going to try it as a virtual machine and see how that goes.

I was thinking that too, but once I get my laptop back from repair I might as well dedicate my desktop PC at home to the task.

[VectraMan]

I'm going to try it as a virtual machine and see how that goes.

I was thinking that too. However I've installed Vista Ultimate under VirtualBox and it doesn't allow all the Aero stuff to run because the "hardware" isn't up to it. So I imagine the same might well be true of Wv7. Maybe VMWare is better, I don't know.

[scooby]

I'm going to try it as a virtual machine and see how that goes.

From what I read in technet, the beta is only a vista upgrade, not a clean install. Can't post link as using iPhone, once laptop sort will post it later!!

[minestrone]

Is it reversable then?

[scooby]

here it is: http://www.computerworld.com/action/...298&source=toc (skip ad if you get one, top right of page)

its somewhere else on MS site but cant find that.

The beta, which Microsoft called "feature complete," requires a PC with a 1-GHz processor, 1GB of memory, 16GB of available hard disk space and support for DX9 graphics with 128MB of memory, according to Microsoft, which also warned that the recommendations could change for the final version. The beta only supports an upgrade from Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1).

EDIT: Heres the official blog: http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/win...ws-7-beta.aspx

[scooby]

I think they've changed the offixial windows site: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/

Over the past few years, you've asked us to make some changes to Windows. We listened closely. Now it's time to share an early look at how we've used your feedback. Windows 7 is faster, more reliable, and makes it easier to do what you want. Both the everyday things and the killer "is that really possible?" things. Dig into this site to see what's coming. Want to try the Beta? Come back the afternoon of January 9. And remember—this is just a preview. There's more to come.

[Frogstomp]

From what I read in technet, the beta is only a vista upgrade, not a clean install.

I think this is incorrect, but an understandable mistake as it's worded really ambiguously.. I believe a full installation ISO will be available, but if you want to perform an upgrade installation it is only possible from a Vista SP1 baseline..