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Microsoft Windows 7 Beta download available tomorrow

In Microsoft's keynote last night at CES 2009, Steve Ballmer announced that Windows 7 Beta would be available for download on Friday.

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Computing | by C.K. Sample III | Thu Jan 8, 2009 9:21AM | 2 comments

In Microsoft's keynote last night at CES 2009, Steve Ballmer announced that Windows 7 Beta would be available for download on Friday via http://www.microsoft.com/windows7. The download is available today for all MSDN, TechBeta and TechNet customers. You can read Microsoft's full press release about the announcement here. Microsoft is limiting downloads of the beta to the first 2.5 million downloads, so if you're interested in trying it out, you'll want to grab it early tomorrow.

Keep in mind that this is a beta release of the operating system, so you probably won't want to install it on your primary or only computer, and that it expires on August 1, 2009. Obsessable will make sure to download a copy and give it a test run to let you know how well it runs.

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adam hartung external link (10:39 PM on Thu Jan 8, 2009)

How can anyone be excited by an announcement, after 2 years, to fix the weaknesses in a product that was launched two years late? Microsoft's Windows 7 is more of the same, and that's not going to drive sales. Read more at http://www.ThePhoenixPrinciple.com

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Ray (6:00 AM on Fri Jan 9, 2009)

Have u even tested or used windows 7 if not you should comment about it like that, its way better than Vista (even tho i never had a problem with vista) give it a chance and stop being a hater

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