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  • Altimus
    Chelsea, Assemble!
    • Nov 2004
    • 27283

    #1

    MS giving up on Vista? Windows 7 beta out

    The beta will be open to the first 2.5 million downloads. No time on when this Friday.

    The beta has already been leaked and the reviews have been pretty positive so far.

    I myself have a Vista notebook which I don't use much so I'll be using the invitation I got to download it on there.

    But there are some good reasons not to download it:

    The beta expires in August. Target date for release for it is fall but Vista was delayed and didn't hit till two years after the beta hit.

    And this:

    As much as the Windows 7 Beta completely rocks, part of the beta process is discovering bugs and reporting those bugs. Some of those bugs could possibly lead to data loss. I tend to be a risk-taker myself and have gone all-out with the Windows 7 Beta by putting it on almost all my PCs both at work and at home, but not everyone should do this.
    So if you have one PC, I'd skip on this.
  • e0820
    MVP
    • Jan 2003
    • 2070

    #2
    Re: MS giving up on Vista? Windows 7 beta coming Friday

    First 2.5 million gets it? How lame is that! I hope I just get it on one of my technet cds!

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    • bkfount
      All Star
      • Oct 2004
      • 8467

      #3
      Re: MS giving up on Vista? Windows 7 beta coming Friday

      I'll stick with xp until they put something better out.

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      • trobinson97
        Lie,cheat,steal,kill: Win
        • Oct 2004
        • 16366

        #4
        Re: MS giving up on Vista? Windows 7 beta coming Friday

        Originally posted by bkfount
        I'll stick with xp until they put something better out.
        Same, even when I get my new comp later I'm installing XP on it.
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        • Heelfan71
          Hall Of Fame
          • Jul 2002
          • 19940

          #5
          Re: MS giving up on Vista? Windows 7 beta coming Friday

          I imagine it will suck like every other OS they release.
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          • fishepa
            I'm Ron F'n Swanson!
            • Feb 2003
            • 18989

            #6
            Re: MS giving up on Vista? Windows 7 beta coming Friday

            I've been playing around with windows 7 on my mac using VMware Fusion virtual machine. It's a lot like Vista, just a lot more stable.

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            • RAZRr1275
              All Star
              • Sep 2007
              • 9918

              #7
              Re: MS giving up on Vista? Windows 7 beta coming Friday

              I'm staying with XP
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              • Tha_Kid
                All Star
                • Oct 2002
                • 6550

                #8
                Re: MS giving up on Vista? Windows 7 beta coming Friday

                Originally posted by bkfount
                I'll stick with xp until they put something better out.
                They already have, and they're about to do it again.

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                • luv_mist
                  Older
                  • May 2004
                  • 9596

                  #9
                  Re: MS giving up on Vista? Windows 7 beta coming Friday

                  PISSED OFF!! How long has Vista been officially out? This is when Google needs to take off the gloves and put out their own OS. At least work on Vista for a while before folding it up so soon. Color me irritated.......

                  Edit: I mean I freaking go out on a limb to try the freaking operating system only to get the shaft like probably dozens of others. WOW!!

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                  • DakkoN
                    All Star
                    • Sep 2006
                    • 5611

                    #10
                    Re: MS giving up on Vista? Windows 7 beta coming Friday

                    Originally posted by Tha_Kid
                    They already have, and they're about to do it again.
                    The only thing Vista is better than XP on is flashiness.
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                    • Heelfan71
                      Hall Of Fame
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 19940

                      #11
                      Re: MS giving up on Vista? Windows 7 beta coming Friday

                      Originally posted by Tha_Kid
                      They already have, and they're about to do it again.
                      yikes.
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                      • SuperBowlNachos
                        All Star
                        • Jul 2004
                        • 10218

                        #12
                        Re: MS giving up on Vista? Windows 7 beta coming Friday

                        I've never had a problem with Vista other than things being in different places. Most people who don't like it just bought into the hate vista hype then tried it once and since it was different claimed it was the worst OS ever.

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                        • bkfount
                          All Star
                          • Oct 2004
                          • 8467

                          #13
                          Re: MS giving up on Vista? Windows 7 beta coming Friday

                          Originally posted by luv_mist
                          PISSED OFF!! How long has Vista been officially out? This is when Google needs to take off the gloves and put out their own OS. At least work on Vista for a while before folding it up so soon. Color me irritated.......

                          Edit: I mean I freaking go out on a limb to try the freaking operating system only to get the shaft like probably dozens of others. WOW!!
                          well Vista could be a middle child like some of their other releases that just got improved on for replacements a few years later.
                          Last edited by bkfount; 01-09-2009, 01:29 AM.

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                          • Miles_Yuhas
                            MVP
                            • Mar 2004
                            • 2689

                            #14
                            Re: MS giving up on Vista? Windows 7 beta coming Friday

                            The target release for 7 is this fall. That makes the amount of time between vista's release and 7's release about 3 years which is the average time that Microsoft takes to upgrade there OS. It seems short to everyone because no one used Vista when it launched because it wasn't compatible with anything.

                            I feel that Vista is a good OS and much better than XP as long as you have pretty decent hardware.

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                            • e0820
                              MVP
                              • Jan 2003
                              • 2070

                              #15
                              Re: MS giving up on Vista? Windows 7 beta coming Friday

                              So has anyone who wants to get Windows 7 beta been able to? My download links have been greyed out.

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