For those of you using the Windows 7 beta, do you plan to purchase the full release of it? For those of you not using either, do you plan to try the Beta or wait for the full release of Windows 7? I plan to wait until MS releases it in stores.
I am running the beta on one computer now. Once I have tested a few more applications with it, I will upgrade more of my PCs, probably not all. Keep in mind that there will be no direct migration to the final release. In other words, you will have to erase your hard drive and re-load 7 once it is final. But it loads very quickly.
I've been using Windows 7 for about 2weeks, and its great! hasn't crashed on me once.. But a friend of mine had it installed too on his old laptop, and he said it crashes a lot, so Im getting the feeling that Windows 7 right now only works well on dual core (C2D) systems or more recent machines, my PC is actually 2yrs old, but Windows 7 works flawlessly.. really fast, and of course no crash's, so if you do decide to download beta, I would only go through it if your pc isn't too old..
Windows 7 is incredible lol, it's running on all my old hardware like a dream. I'm thinking this time round microsoft did a great job, lets just wait and see how the look after it with updates / security fixes etc.
Windows 7 is a masterpiece, really. I have the beta 7000 running on my PC for a long time, and it is like a dream.
actually.. download of BETA is no longer available in Microsoft site.. do you know where else we can get one?
Since Vista come out, I have believed it is resemble of winmx era. I have been waiting for real upgrade OS. When Windows 7 beta released, it is very impressive. This OS was just a beta but it gained many reputation. Faster operation speed than predecessor is the best feature. I plan to upgrade this true next gen Windows.
Im also running the beta 7000 and its great, Ive had less problems then what i did with Vista. They really did a good job this time round.
I've tried the beta and I love it. It needs some work, but hopefully MS will fix the bugs/visual problems (the very small ones) and I will upgrade from XP to it. That's assuming it's priced fairly.
i just experienced my first crash, it occurred while playing a game called "The Legendary", it works fine for the first 5min, but crashes later, Ive also tried Quake 4 & Lost Planet, no crashes at all.. I think its due to Win7, I've never experienced a game crashing on this system, I built it myself.. I guess its no surprise it is at the Beta phase.. Im actually using Build 7000.. Unfortunately i don't have Vista on my other drive.. just using Win 7 as my main OS..
Amazing piece of progress work i must say for windows 7. They have really improved a lot. i have tested windows7 on my 3 years old laptop and its working perfectly from last 2-3 weeks.
Windows 7 is great, it starts fast and is easy to use, it also has nice interface but is incompatible with my sound blaster audigy.. so waiting for another beta to check on that issue, also its windows media player 12 is not that great, its now playing feature is ripped off, many settings have been removed and we can not see full size album arts like in previous versions
Well I installed windows 7 on my pc ( beta version ) by upgrading my windows vista ultimate.. I like it very much, everything which was installed in my vista is compatible with windows 7 but the only problem I am facing is with Norton 360. I saw on Norton's site that they are trying to make solution for this problem. Regards,
I'm still using XP. I won't be trying WIN 7 Beta anytime soon but will get it only with its final/full release version.