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People running Windows 7, will MS give us Win 7 for free for being Beta testers?

fuzzybabybunny

fuzzybabybunny

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I heard that Vista beta testers got Vista for free when it was released? Will Windows 7 be the same way?
 
No, not normally.
They have in the past though given free copies to the people that helped the most. I mean filing a lot detailed bug reports and really working hard to resolve issues.
But not a copy to everyone that beta test. They even charged for the vista beta to non MSDN subscribers .
 
I agree with modelworks on this one. Normally they don't give full versions away that often unless you contribute significantly. I've thought about loading up the beta for the purpose of reporting bugs & helping towards their resolution as much as possible but even that is no guarantee that you're going to get a free copy.
 
If you are an official (active?) beta tester you normally get a free copy. Joe Schmoe who downloads the public beta gets nothing.
 
I use to be and official tester for Win 98/ME and Win2k. I had to keep a weekly log to be emailed with software hardware changes, error messages and system logs for each OS build that they sent me in the mail. When the OS went RTM, they would send me an official copy not to be sold and usually include the current OFFice release also.
 
PUBLIC beta testers have never gotten anything free from Microsoft. You have to be an early "pre-public-tester".

MS has cut back a lot on free OSes even for "pre-public-beta" testers. I don't think that Windows Home Server beta testers got anything at all. I was an SBS 2008 beta tester and I don't believe I'm going to get anything either. Oh, well.....
 
Originally posted by: KeypoX
did i hear that if you buy a computer now you will get free upgrade to 7?
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Probably in August or so. About three months before W7 is released, there should be a "Technology Guarantee" offer from Dell, etc. Otherwise, PC sales will go down in those last few months. MS/Dell did the same thing in November, December, and January before the release of Vista.
 
Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
I heard that Vista beta testers got Vista for free when it was released? Will Windows 7 be the same way?
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LoL!

Considering this is the #1 reason Longhorn A.K.A. Vista got off to a bad start (jealousy)...

I highly doubt MS will make the same mistake with Blackcomb/Vienna/Mojave A.K.A. Windows 7! 😉
 
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