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Windows 7 beta aywhere to download?

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wjgollatz

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I know the 2.5 million give aways has been completed. But the MS websites are still generating keys for them. Are there any reputable places where I can download it? I use only one torrent downloader, and I am not sure what torrents I can trust.

I may have to buy a new OS for a new system I am building. And if Windows 7 is coming out later this year, I would like the beta so I can save some money.
 
Originally posted by: wjgollatz
I know the 2.5 million give aways has been completed. But the MS websites are still generating keys for them. Are there any reputable places where I can download it? I use only one torrent downloader, and I am not sure what torrents I can trust.

I may have to buy a new OS for a new system I am building. And if Windows 7 is coming out later this year, I would like the beta so I can save some money.
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The beta expires on August 1st so you won't save money by running the Beta. there is a RC due out next month, but it will expire within 6 months of it's release. Your best bet is to get the check sum for Win 7 Beta 1 and download the torrent if you want to give it a try or to wait another month for the RC. You are going to have to spend the money for a license of Windows one way or the other unless you decide to run an alternative like Ubuntu instead.
 
I know I will have to buy a copy of Windows, but instead of buying Vista or another XP, I am hoping to use the Win 7 beta until Win 7 is released, then just buy that instead of then having to buy an upgrade to Win 7.
 
There will likely still be downtime between when the beta expires and when the RTM is on sale. Maybe if the RC build has a longer deadline though.
 
The beta expires July 1, not August 1 as Microsoft was stating in their beta guidelines. The July 1 date comes directly from the beta's system properties screen.
 
Originally posted by: ObscureCaucasian
There will likely still be downtime between when the beta expires and when the RTM is on sale. Maybe if the RC build has a longer deadline though.
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The RC builds will extend the deadline, just as they did with Vista.
 
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