Tag: beta
Windows 7: Rather good.
by Steve on Jan.10, 2009, under Nerdism, Technology
I got the 64-bit Windows 7 beta yesterday and installed it on my main machine which I was planning to rebuild anyway, and I am quite pleased with it. It feels far more like a finished product than any of the Windows Vista beta releases did.
Microsoft’s site took a pounding yesterday and they pulled the beta release until they can organise some more bandwidth to keep things rolling.
I have all my usual stuff (Steam games, iTunes, etc) running very well indeed on it. The beta release is good until August 1st, when it expires.
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Windows 7
by Steve on Nov.06, 2008, under Nerdism
You may have noticed that the Windows 7 pre-beta PDC build is out in the wild now. What you may not have noticed is that Windows Vista beta keys work with it, so if you took part in the Vista public beta (like me) you should be able to give Windows 7 a whirl too.
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