Microsoft extends Win 7 download cap - bit-tech.net Forums

Bindibadgi · 12th Jan 2009, 10:12

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2009/01...download-cap/1

By way of apology for the messed-up beta launch, Microsoft has removed the download cap - originally set at 2.5 million - for the Windows 7 beta.

quack · 12th Jan 2009, 10:44

I have both ISOs, and the keys, but no SATA drive to install it on at the moment! I want to test out the 64-bit version without affecting my existing XP or Vista so will be using a separate hard drive.

I really do hate how quickly PATA and old molex connectors became obsolete, I have 4 PATA hard drives just sitting in a pile and I can't use any of them!

Angleus · 12th Jan 2009, 10:45

How kind, the 64-bit download is refusing to start for me at the moment though

Doyleyboy · 12th Jan 2009, 11:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by quack

I have both ISOs, and the keys, but no SATA drive to install it on at the moment! I want to test out the 64-bit version without affecting my existing XP or Vista so will be using a separate hard drive.

I really do hate how quickly PATA and old molex connectors became obsolete, I have 4 PATA hard drives just sitting in a pile and I can't use any of them!

really? you cant use an IDE drive at all? or is it just on the 64 bit versions like vista? i think maybe you could use the 32 bit version with a PATA/IDE drive. anyone know for sure?

Gareth Halfacree · 12th Jan 2009, 11:22

I think quack is referring to the fact that his motherboard doesn't have any IDE connectivity. I'm not aware of anything in Windows 7 that would prevent it being installed on an IDE drive.

[USRF]Obiwan · 12th Jan 2009, 11:41

Can i install under VM?

quack · 12th Jan 2009, 12:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gareth Halfacree

I think quack is referring to the fact that his motherboard doesn't have any IDE connectivity. I'm not aware of anything in Windows 7 that would prevent it being installed on an IDE drive.

Correct. Maybe I should've elaborated a bit more.

Now although I do have an IDE port on my motherboard but I'd really rather not use it, and I'd have to go through a lot of effort to attach a floppy or molex power cable to my modular PSU.

I've bitten the bullet and decided to buy another SATA hard drive, same spec as my 2 current drives (1 for XP, 1 for Vista), and will keep it as a spare just in case one of the others dies once I'm done playing with Windows 7.

perplekks45 · 12th Jan 2009, 12:02

Yes, Obi, you can. Just the Aero stuff won't work.
More information in the Windows 7 Public Beta News thread.

I don't really care about MS' download cap as I downloaded the x86 ISO yesterday within 1 hour via BitTorrent.

quack · 12th Jan 2009, 12:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by [USRF]Obiwan

Can i install under VM?

Yes, you can run it on Virtual PC and VMWare. I currently have it running in VMWare, you don't get any aero effects however.

wuyanxu · 12th Jan 2009, 12:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by quack

Yes, you can run it on Virtual PC and VMWare. I currently have it running in VMWare, you don't get any aero effects however.

same here, Vmware but no aero

have got 64bit ISO only, if installing to a desktop, no point messing around with 32bit at all

Xir · 12th Jan 2009, 12:19

"...pick the next version of Windows up some time around Service Pack 2"

Correct...this means i'm thinking about getting Vista this year ;-)

zimbloggy · 12th Jan 2009, 12:22

Just downloaded it. It's not like I am going to delete my current XP though. New partition time!

But sadly, to free up disk space, I got rid of Ubuntu. Hopefully windows 7 might be better?

ImInTheZoneBaby · 12th Jan 2009, 12:39

I went through with the sign-up to grab my Beta key. And when it redirected me, I got a nice "Page not found" error message.
In both Internet Explorer and Opera. That's flipping lame.

Gahhh...

V3ctor · 12th Jan 2009, 12:44

No problem with x64... My laptop battery is great now!
2h20 for Windows 7
1h30 for Windows Vista

That is what I call an improvement!!

MBR · 12th Jan 2009, 14:20

Well i already had a go at the pre-beta using other means. Was very impressed with the speed improvements in that one as compared to the Windows 2008 (yes thats where i game and work - trust me its VISTA with out the rubbish).

Does anyone know if i can run games on this beta :-D

Man i love living on "the Bleeding Edge"

Zeus-Nolan · 12th Jan 2009, 14:20

Wow i should get this running as mine lasts 2 hours on a 8 cell battery

_DTM2000_ · 12th Jan 2009, 17:00

I've had a quick play around with the 64bit beta in a VM and I like it a lot. I definitely prefer it to Vista and I now definitely won't ever use Vista at home. I'll be jumping straight from XP to 7. IMHO Win7 is what Vista should have been.

Now I just want to find out more details on the media center functionality in Win7 and DirectX11. I noticed DX11 is installed out the box with Win7 which is nice.

Seraphim Works · 13th Jan 2009, 00:34

The battery life does seem to be improved, a quick test with RMClock shows the power consumption to have dropped by up to 2000mW. I'm not sure how it was achieved but there is definitely a tangible improvement.

Performance wise, it feels a bit snappier on my c2d 1.66 laptop. Either way it'll be staying on the hard drive for a while longer.

amacieli · 13th Jan 2009, 12:12

I upgraded my primary Vista HPx64 install, and it works just great. Had to reinstall nVidia drivers, and the only thing that doesn't work is my MS VX-3000 webcam (lol - even MS doesn't update its own drivers). Adobe Master Suite, FAH GPU, Lightroom x64, Carbonite, Live Sync, etc. all work nice and fast. Didn't have to reinstall any progs.

liratheal · 13th Jan 2009, 12:16

I've been using Windows 7 for a while now, and I am more than impressed.

Never before have I not needed a driver disk when installing Windows. I have installed one driver on my Win7 test box, and that's the ATi Win7 beta drivers (Which work just as well as the Vista non-beta ones btw).

I've got it running on an Opteron 146 (@2.4ghz), 1gb of RAM and a 3870 - And it runs like a dream. Hell, the games I've tried on it run like a dream. Biggest thing for me? Red Alert 2 works on it, properly.

Windows 7 is absolutely what Vista should have been, and I look forward to its retail launch.

Very glad they've taken the 'cap' off (Though, 2.5m is hardly a small quantatity in the first place) - Got a friend on the beta too, and he's liking it.

12th Jan 2009, 10:12	#1
Bindibadgi Richard Swinburne bit-tech Staff Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Omnipwntent Posts: 28,226	Microsoft extends Win 7 download cap http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2009/01...download-cap/1 By way of apology for the messed-up beta launch, Microsoft has removed the download cap - originally set at 2.5 million - for the Windows 7 beta. __________________ Made you look, made you stare, made you clicked this in your underwear! Den of Geek!

12th Jan 2009, 10:44	#2
quack \o/ Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: England Posts: 5,220	I have both ISOs, and the keys, but no SATA drive to install it on at the moment! I want to test out the 64-bit version without affecting my existing XP or Vista so will be using a separate hard drive. I really do hate how quickly PATA and old molex connectors became obsolete, I have 4 PATA hard drives just sitting in a pile and I can't use any of them! __________________ Denying Rights to Music lovers. Denying Rights to Movie lovers.

12th Jan 2009, 10:45	#3
Angleus Hypermodder Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Soton / S.E. LDN Posts: 629	How kind, the 64-bit download is refusing to start for me at the moment though __________________ C2D E6550 / ASUS P5KC / 4gb Corsair XMS2 6400 / XFX 8800 GTX / 2 x WD 160GB SATA 1 x 250GB WD SATA / X-Fi Xtreme I need a Mac! PM me please if you have one available

12th Jan 2009, 11:22	#5
Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bradford, UK Posts: 433	I think quack is referring to the fact that his motherboard doesn't have any IDE connectivity. I'm not aware of anything in Windows 7 that would prevent it being installed on an IDE drive. __________________ gareth.halfacree.co.uk \| twitter! bit-tech news correspondent

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perplekks45 BSc... finally Join Date: May 2004 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,346	Yes, Obi, you can. Just the Aero stuff won't work. More information in the Windows 7 Public Beta News thread. I don't really care about MS' download cap as I downloaded the x86 ISO yesterday within 1 hour via BitTorrent. __________________ "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far." Blame it on Cheaps! [now a social group]

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12th Jan 2009, 12:22	#12
zimbloggy Multimodder Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 75	Just downloaded it. It's not like I am going to delete my current XP though. New partition time! But sadly, to free up disk space, I got rid of Ubuntu. Hopefully windows 7 might be better?

12th Jan 2009, 12:39	#13
ImInTheZoneBaby Bring it on sucka! Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Bedfordshire, UK. Posts: 148	I went through with the sign-up to grab my Beta key. And when it redirected me, I got a nice "Page not found" error message. In both Internet Explorer and Opera. That's flipping lame. Gahhh... __________________ Rig: Case: Aspire X-Cruiser, Mobo: MSI P6N SLI, CPU: Intel G6600 G0, PSU: 550W, RAM: 4GB Corsair Twin XMS2, GPU: 8800GTS 512Mb OC, Monitor: 24" Hyundai IT W240D 1920x1200

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V3ctor Multimodder Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Portugal Posts: 126	No problem with x64... My laptop battery is great now! 2h20 for Windows 7 1h30 for Windows Vista That is what I call an improvement!!

12th Jan 2009, 14:20	#15
MBR UBEROUS M@X1MUS L33TUS Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 6	Well i already had a go at the pre-beta using other means. Was very impressed with the speed improvements in that one as compared to the Windows 2008 (yes thats where i game and work - trust me its VISTA with out the rubbish). Does anyone know if i can run games on this beta :-D Man i love living on "the Bleeding Edge" Last edited by MBR; 12th Jan 2009 at 15:05.

12th Jan 2009, 14:20	#16
Zeus-Nolan Modder Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 51	Wow i should get this running as mine lasts 2 hours on a 8 cell battery __________________ \|CPU:Intel Q9550 (45nm) @ 3.4Ghz\|RAM: 4GB Corsair @ 800Mhz\|Mobo:Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3L\|Graphics: XFX 4890 BE @1Ghz Core 1.2Ghz Memory\|HDD: F1 1TB 32mb, F2 1.5TB 32mb\|PSU:Coolermaster 520w Modular\| Case:Coolermaster 335\|Monitor:17inch LG Flatron\|TV: 32LG3000\|Win 7 RC1 64-bit Ultimate\|SKY HD\|PS3 + Play TV\|

12th Jan 2009, 17:00	#17
_DTM2000_ Senior Super Douche Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Sheffield, UK Posts: 229	I've had a quick play around with the 64bit beta in a VM and I like it a lot. I definitely prefer it to Vista and I now definitely won't ever use Vista at home. I'll be jumping straight from XP to 7. IMHO Win7 is what Vista should have been. Now I just want to find out more details on the media center functionality in Win7 and DirectX11. I noticed DX11 is installed out the box with Win7 which is nice.

13th Jan 2009, 00:34	#18
Seraphim Works Multimodder Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Wirral / Coventry, UK Posts: 164	The battery life does seem to be improved, a quick test with RMClock shows the power consumption to have dropped by up to 2000mW. I'm not sure how it was achieved but there is definitely a tangible improvement. Performance wise, it feels a bit snappier on my c2d 1.66 laptop. Either way it'll be staying on the hard drive for a while longer. __________________ From a 4.0Ghz P4 to a 3.3Ghz Q6600, thank god for price wars...

13th Jan 2009, 12:12	#19
amacieli Multimodder Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 73	I upgraded my primary Vista HPx64 install, and it works just great. Had to reinstall nVidia drivers, and the only thing that doesn't work is my MS VX-3000 webcam (lol - even MS doesn't update its own drivers). Adobe Master Suite, FAH GPU, Lightroom x64, Carbonite, Live Sync, etc. all work nice and fast. Didn't have to reinstall any progs.

13th Jan 2009, 12:16	#20
liratheal Just got a great book on tape Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: High Wycombe, UK Posts: 3,551	I've been using Windows 7 for a while now, and I am more than impressed. Never before have I not needed a driver disk when installing Windows. I have installed one driver on my Win7 test box, and that's the ATi Win7 beta drivers (Which work just as well as the Vista non-beta ones btw). I've got it running on an Opteron 146 (@2.4ghz), 1gb of RAM and a 3870 - And it runs like a dream. Hell, the games I've tried on it run like a dream. Biggest thing for me? Red Alert 2 works on it, properly. Windows 7 is absolutely what Vista should have been, and I look forward to its retail launch. Very glad they've taken the 'cap' off (Though, 2.5m is hardly a small quantatity in the first place) - Got a friend on the beta too, and he's liking it. __________________ Gigabyte MA790FX, X4 9950 Black Edition, 8gb Geil Black Dragon, 2x4870 512mb, Antec TruePower Quattro 850w I game, Do you?