| Windows 7: Windows 7 beta out today? |
27 Feb 2009
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Windows 7 beta out today? I read somewhere Feb 27th MS was going to do another download of Windows 7? am i wrong or no? lol | My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit CPU Intel Core i7 920 Motherboard ASUS P6T Deluxe Memory 6gb Mushkin 1866 DDR3 Graphics Card 2x EVGA GTX 285 Sound Card Onboard Monitor(s) Displays ASUS 24inch LCD 2ms delay Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Saitek Cyborg Mouse MS Generic w/wheel PSU Corsair 1000W Case Coolermaster HAF 932 Cooling Water Cooling Hard Drives 4x OCZ-Vertex 60gb in RAID0 & one 300GB Velociraptor HDD, 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black Internet Speed Cable - 15mbps Other Info None |
27 Feb 2009
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#2 | | Vista Ult SP2/Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 8 Pro w/MC/x64/XP SP3 x86 in VM Toronto, Canada |
Not that I've heard. Apart from some announcements from Microsoft and the updates that came via Windows Update on Tuesday, there really isn't too much going on right now. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Alienware® ALX X58 OS Vista Ult SP2/Win 7 Ult SP1/Win 8 Pro w/MC/x64/XP SP3 x86 in VM CPU Intel® Core™ i7-975 Extreme O/C to 4.02 GHz, 8MB Cache Motherboard Asus® P6T Deluxe V2 X58 LGA1366 Memory 12GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 6 x 2048MB Graphics Card 1792 MB NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 295/Hauppauge HVR2250 TV Tuner Sound Card Onboard Soundmax® High-Definition 7.1 Performance Audio Monitor(s) Displays Samsung XL2370 LED backlit 23" W/S 2ms response time Screen Resolution 1920 X 1080 Keyboard Microsoft® Wireless Entertainment 8000 + Logitech® G15 Wired Mouse Microsoft® Wireless Laser 8000 + Logitech® G9 Wired PSU Alienware® 1200 Watt Multi-GPU Case Alienware® P2 ALX Chassis with AlienIce™ 3.0 Video Cooling Cooling Alienware® High-Perf. Liquid Cooling + Acoustic Dampening Hard Drives 2 x 500gb SATA II
1 x 1TB SATA II
1 external eSATA LaCie 1TB
(Non-RAID) Internet Speed 45mbps Other Info Using non-RAID on purpose as I find RAID to be too temperamental.
I've noticed no difference since switching. |
27 Feb 2009
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#3 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 |

Quote: Originally Posted by SMOKKINU I read somewhere Feb 27th MS was going to do another download of Windows 7? am i wrong or no? lol
The next release of Windows 7 from M$ will most likely be the RC in April from the latest reports. Not saying it's absolutely true or isn't, that's just the supposed time they will release another build. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Airbot 2.0 OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 CPU Core i7 920 (D0) @ 4Ghz, *26c idle *65c full load on air Motherboard Asus P6X58D Premium - Sata 6Gb/s - USB 3.0 Memory 12GB DDR3 Corsair Dominator -CMD12GX3M6A1600C8 at 1600MHz Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX 480 -Aftermaket Accelero Xtreme Plus cooler Sound Card ASUS Xonar D2X Monitor(s) Displays 1 LG 24" Flatron W2453V-PF 1 Samsung 24" P2450H both 2ms RT Screen Resolution 1920x1080@60hz Keyboard Logitech Wireless MK700 Mouse Logitech Wireless MK700 PSU Corsair HX1000W Case Cooler Master HAF 932 Cooling Case Fans *3 230mm, *1 140mm/CPU - *Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme Hard Drives 1 OCZ Vertex2 180GB SSD
1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 7200RPM 32MB cache
2 500GB WD Caviar Blacks 7200RPM 32MB cache (WD5001AALS)
Pioneer DVD Burner DVR-S18M Internet Speed DL 15 Mbps UL 0.98 Mbps Antivirus None Browser Firefox Nightly Other Info Processor-7.7 *RAM- 7.9 *Graphics-7.9 *Gaming Graphics- 7.9 *SSD- 7.8 W.E.I final score= 7.7
*Phone- Samsung Galaxy Nexus |
27 Feb 2009
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#4 | | Vista and now 7 in 32 and 64 bit. Denmark |
As the 7 team have, in the past few days, issued a blog that they are working on the bug feedback " We won’t be able to cover all the changes (as we’re still busy making them),", I doubt it is imminent.
The link is elswhere on the site but: Engineering Windows 7 : Some Changes Since Beta for the RC | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Three desktops and one laptop with good specs.. OS Vista and now 7 in 32 and 64 bit. |
28 Feb 2009
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#5 | | Windows 7 Ult x64(x2), HomePrem x32(x4), Server 08 (+VM), 08 R2 (VM) , SuSe 11.2 (VM), XP 32 (VM) In a ∞ Portal |

Quote: Originally Posted by davehc As the 7 team have, in the past few days, issued a blog that they are working on the bug feedback " We won’t be able to cover all the changes (as we’re still busy making them),", I doubt it is imminent.
The link is elswhere on the site but: Engineering Windows 7 : Some Changes Since Beta for the RC actually if you connect to ms access you can still download the beta AFAIK.....
if you search for something "windows ecosystem" here you should be able to find it... | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Tx2500z Tablet Pc/Homemade Server OS Windows 7 Ult x64(x2), HomePrem x32(x4), Server 08 (+VM), 08 R2 (VM) , SuSe 11.2 (VM), XP 32 (VM) CPU Turion X2 ultra (oh well came with laptop)/P4 @3.2 (yes P4) Motherboard IDK HP Motherboard / Intel DG965SS Memory OCZ Dual Channel 4GB kit/ 1gb Dual Channel Graphics Card HD 3200 graphics /GMA x3100 (yay for intergrated!!) Sound Card Realtek HD Audio(mic working, well sort of)/Siig IC-70012 Monitor(s) Displays built-in Hp 12" laptop screen/ Acer 19" Screen Resolution 1280x800 /1440x900 Mouse Logi MX Rev. /MS Wheel Optical 1.1A /Logitech Optical Mouse Cooling All Air Cooled Internet Speed College baby but its still routed through vpn to 1536k... Other Info love my wacom pen and pressure sensitivity...
wished it worked in 7, SUSE for that matter though |
28 Feb 2009
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#6 | | Vista and now 7 in 32 and 64 bit. Denmark |

Quote: Originally Posted by darkassain actually if you connect to ms access you can still download the beta AFAIK.....
if you search for something "windows ecosystem" here you should be able to find it... Was that for me??? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Three desktops and one laptop with good specs.. OS Vista and now 7 in 32 and 64 bit. |
28 Feb 2009
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#7 | | Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 x64 Windows 8 Enterprise RTM x64 |
You can still get the beta in the ecosystem program @connect.microsoft.com is what he means. But there is no beta 2 today if thats what you are asking? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Advent Roma Laptop OS Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 x64 Windows 8 Enterprise RTM x64 CPU Mobile DualCore Intel Pentium T4400, 2200 MHz (11 x 200) Motherboard Advent Roma (Intel Cantiga GL40) Memory 4028 MB (DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM) Graphics Card Mobile Intel(R) GMA 4500M Sound Card Realtek ALC662 @ Intel 82801IB ICH9 - High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays Generic PnP Monitor [NoDB] Screen Resolution 1366x768 Mouse Mikomi 7 Button Laser Mouse w/DPi Switch Hard Drives TOSHIBA MK5065GSX ATA Device (500 GB, 5400 RPM, SATA-II) Internet Speed Slow!! |
28 Feb 2009
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#8 | | Vista and now 7 in 32 and 64 bit. Denmark |
Who mentioned Windows Beta? Not I. I've had it for weeks. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Three desktops and one laptop with good specs.. OS Vista and now 7 in 32 and 64 bit. |
28 Feb 2009
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Quote: Originally Posted by win7 You can still get the beta in the ecosystem program @connect.microsoft.com is what he means. But there is no beta 2 today if thats what you are asking?
how do you join this ecosystem program? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Built OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit CPU Intel Core i7 920 Motherboard ASUS P6T Deluxe Memory 6gb Mushkin 1866 DDR3 Graphics Card 2x EVGA GTX 285 Sound Card Onboard Monitor(s) Displays ASUS 24inch LCD 2ms delay Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Saitek Cyborg Mouse MS Generic w/wheel PSU Corsair 1000W Case Coolermaster HAF 932 Cooling Water Cooling Hard Drives 4x OCZ-Vertex 60gb in RAID0 & one 300GB Velociraptor HDD, 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black Internet Speed Cable - 15mbps Other Info None |
28 Feb 2009
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#10 | | Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 x64 Windows 8 Enterprise RTM x64 |
O.o
To join the ecosystem thing use the search here as suggested above there is an invite code in a topic, or just google it if you can't find here.
Last edited by win7; 28 Feb 2009 at 06:11 PM..
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| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Advent Roma Laptop OS Windows 7 Enterprise SP1 x64 Windows 8 Enterprise RTM x64 CPU Mobile DualCore Intel Pentium T4400, 2200 MHz (11 x 200) Motherboard Advent Roma (Intel Cantiga GL40) Memory 4028 MB (DDR2-667 DDR2 SDRAM) Graphics Card Mobile Intel(R) GMA 4500M Sound Card Realtek ALC662 @ Intel 82801IB ICH9 - High Definition Audio Monitor(s) Displays Generic PnP Monitor [NoDB] Screen Resolution 1366x768 Mouse Mikomi 7 Button Laser Mouse w/DPi Switch Hard Drives TOSHIBA MK5065GSX ATA Device (500 GB, 5400 RPM, SATA-II) Internet Speed Slow!! Windows 7 beta out today? problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 02:45 PM. | |