Windows 7 Build 7000 Beta 1

[shought]

It was officially to be released the 13th of January, but Microsoft couldn't stand Santa beating them on the presents so here it is: Windows 7 Beta 1!

You probably don't want to know anything about it, but either install it or look at the screenshots(there haven't been much changes to the UI though):

Some screenshots(or watch all of them):

All available screenshots

Download Windows 7 Build 7000 Beta 1 (ThePirateBay)

[Lee]

Looking forward to trying this out. ;)

[shought]

Looking forward to trying this out. ;)

I think I'm going to wait for the final on this one lol, I mean Microsoft did make this, be cautious :P

You think it'd be safe to make a dual boot with XP and this one...?

[Toshiro]

Looking forward to trying this out. ;)

I think I'm going to wait for the final on this one lol, I mean Microsoft did make this, be cautious :P

You think it'd be safe to make a dual boot with XP and this one...?

I think it's safe 2 use it as a primary OS.

People at other forums did it. And they say it runs really great!

[Nessjirval]

Looking forward to trying this out. :P

I think I'm going to wait for the final on this one lol, I mean Microsoft did make this, be cautious :P

You think it'd be safe to make a dual boot with XP and this one...?

Yeah waiting for final too. I don't know what to expect from microsoft since Vista came.

[KotaXor]

Cool! Most drivers detected (like Vista) as reported. Most program working in Windows 7 (unlike Vista).

[AshTheGamer]

I hate Beta's!

[LoKz]

Windows 7 looks real cool... requirements?..

[KotaXor]

I hate Beta's!

Beta's are for testing and debugging which is very important. Without Beta, it might end up like Vista! (kidding, hopefully).

Until the official release then.

[Toshiro]

Windows 7 looks real cool... requirements?..

This was written at the torrentpage:

systm req : A computer with a 1-GHz 32-, or 64-bit (x64) processor,

1 GB of system memory, at least a DirectX 10 graphics card,

if not even DirectX 9, with over 128MB of graphics memory,

and a 40 GB hard drive will be more than enough to power Windows 7.

(by Microsoft Hec2008)

s -x86-rq : 2-GHz dualcor-processr, 3 GB mem (4GB-x64rigz), Dx10 graphicard-256

vdeo ram, px shader 2 over , 32bits/pxl

70 GB hard

(by 0fsound)

DualBoot : C:xp . D:win7 - mount iso from XP systm (*dont boot from win7 dvd)

: C:Vista . D:win7 - mount iso from Vista systm (*dnt boot frm w7 dvd)

: C:win7 . D:XP - install win7 1st from DVD boot,then

mount XP.iso from win7 systm (*dnt boot frm XP dvd)

: C:xp sp3 . D:vista sp2 . E:win7 - install xp sp3 1st,then

mount vista.iso from XP systm(*dnt boot frm vista dvd), then

mount win7.iso from xp system.(*)

: C:win7 . D:vista .E:xp - install win7 from dvd boot, then

mount vista.iso from win7 system (*), then

mount xp.iso from win7 system(*).

(*) : dont boot from each OS.iso

Downloading it now myself @ uhm sometimes constant speed of 150 kb/s -.-'

This while adding 2 extra trackers...

Those of Demonoid are dead..-.-' (Peers: 0 seeders, 0 leechers, 0 total, scraped 18 hours ago)

Then add this one: http://denis.stalker.h3q.com:6969/announce It's a good tracker :blink:

-- edit:

Only going up, downloading now at 180kb/s

[AshTheGamer]

Microsoft get something right?

Pfff that will be a big change.

Next thing you know Apple will be making computers with Windows 7 on :blink:

[Zeus_Hunt]

Here's a couple of quotes from the Blog by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes from zdnet.com

It’s unusual not to be faced with heaps of new features with each build - it’s almost as though Microsoft had a plan for Windows 7 right from the start, baked these features into the early M3 build and have since been working on refining these features. This is an interesting approach that seems to have resulted in the best beta build of an OS from Microsoft that I’ve ever seen (and I’ve seen a LOT of beta builds!). Wow!

I like Windows 7, a lot. Microsoft seems to have put a lot of effort into developing a core operating system that is free from the pointless frills of the likes of XP and Vista. The OS is solid and fast and based on what I’ve seen so far I’d have no problems in rolling out beta 1 and using it daily.

I am concerned about the new taskbar. I hope that Microsoft is receiving constructive feedback on this feature and working to improve it for the release candidate version of Windows 7. The new taskbar isn’t a deal-breaker for me, but I do feel that it’s the least refined part of Windows 7.

Read the whole Review Here

Would get it running on my unit by Wednesday...

[LoKz]

This might be lighter then Vista... sweet