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Microsoft has apparently decided that it has enough server capacity and has made the code available for the Windows 7 beta.

I don't see a posting on the Windows 7 blog, but when I went to the Windows 7 page Saturday morning, I found the following message and was directed to this site to get the code.

"The Windows 7 Beta is now available for download," Microsoft said on its Web site. "Thanks for your interest and help with the beta."

The software was supposed to be made available on Friday, but the company delayed the release after a day filled with Web site problems.

Update: Microsoft offered up some recommended specifications for the beta, but cautioned those could change for the final release. It called for a 1GHz processor (either 32-bit or 64-bit), 1GB of system memory, 16Gb of disk space, support for DirectX 9 graphics with 128 MB memory, as well as a DVD burner and Internet access.

The software maker also cautioned users should have some technical skills, such as the ability to "burn an ISO file to make an install DVD. (A good example of what we mean by 'technical')." It also said folks should know how to install Windows (uh, yeah) and set up a network.

Furthermore, the company cautioned that the beta is not the quality one should expect from a final release. "It can be glitchy--so don't use a PC you need every day."

I can see the Vista jokes coming now...

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I am running the 64 bit now in VMware Workstation 6.5 I will do a hard install to night
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What do you think? Vista revisited?
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I have it installed and I like it so far but i don't know if it will be wreath the $$$$$$that MS will want for it to move from Vista

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Vista revisited?
Yes and no after i have some time on it i will know , It seems faster but that may be it is the 64 bit
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I have it up and running in a virtual environment and it doesn't seem all that different than Vista IMHO. Windows Vista as you know was a major release, Microsoft rebuilt the NT kernel from the ground up, however IMHO Windows 7 is a minor release that builds on the already existing code base of Windows Vista. That being said Microsoft is claiming this to be a major Windows release, and I say, you be the judge.

If you follow Windows version and build numbers you may be asking yourself why they call it Windows 7? Microsoft says that Windows 7 is the "seventh" major Windows version, which it isn't, but whatever. Adding to the mystery, the Windows 7 version number will actually be 6.1, the same as Windows Server 2008.

All in all I would say this is just a point release, nothing more and nothing less...

I will stick with my Debian Lenny and Ubuntu Intrepid which I love!
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I would like to state that although this is beta code, it seems very stable...
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Will it run in qemu or vmware?

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I am running the 64 bit now in VMware Workstation 6.5 I will do a hard install to night
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