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News Ballmer announces Windows 7 Open Beta

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by Tim S, 8 Jan 2009.

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  1. Tim S

    Tim S OG

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    Tim S, 8 Jan 2009
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  2. DougEdey

    DougEdey I pwn all your storage

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    Who dares to lose their data?
     
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  3. steveo_mcg

    steveo_mcg What's a Dremel?

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    Do you dare not with chairs flying all over....
     
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  4. ch424

    ch424 Design Warrior

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    It's not in the article but other news sites are saying that the release date is tomorrow! Thank goodness for that spare 250GB drive I had...

    Steve Ballmer's voice sounds like something off Team America. :D
     
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  5. Jojii

    Jojii hardware freak

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    Where is my full scale Mechwarrior. I'm still waiting.
     
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  6. cpemma

    cpemma Ecky thump

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    I was going to say "Them who dares Wins folk" but it's a bit weak so I won't.
     
    cpemma, 8 Jan 2009
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  7. Hamish

    Hamish What's a Dremel?

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    hasnt everyone who cares already downloaded the leaked beta anyway? :p

    also, this is what virtual machines are for ;)
     
    Hamish, 8 Jan 2009
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  8. pendragon

    pendragon I pickle they

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    was it me, or was that news article very lite on 'open beta' information?
     
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  9. ch424

    ch424 Design Warrior

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    Can you run Windows 7 on virtual pc?
     
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  10. robyholmes

    robyholmes I'm under your desk...

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    You can run windows 7 on virtual marchine, but i don't think the aero will work. People may prove me wrong on that.

    I think most people will have the beta, but it doesn't have update, the beta coming out tomoz will have update all the way to july 1st (When it runs out)
     
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  11. BioSniper

    BioSniper Minimodder

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    The what's new feed I guess is the same as the one in the current "beta" of the new Live Messenger client.
     
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  12. LordPyrinc

    LordPyrinc Legomaniac

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    From the article: "our cloud solution". I'm getting so tired of the latest buzzwords.

    From here on out, we should sunset all buzzwords. I get tired of hearing the same type of BS at work. OMG you dont know what this and that means??? Well you aren't in on the new management fog-talk that blinds the peons. What ever happened to plain f**king english?
     
    LordPyrinc, 9 Jan 2009
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  13. notatoad

    notatoad pretty fing wonderful

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    who keeps data on a system partition? and who doesn't back up data?
     
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  14. steveo_mcg

    steveo_mcg What's a Dremel?

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  15. kenco_uk

    kenco_uk I unsuccessfully then tried again

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    I've tried the earlier beta leak and I'd assume the current one will be the same but no, the Glass effect doesn't work in MS Virtual PC 07.
     
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  16. DragunovHUN

    DragunovHUN Modder

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    Yeah i feel the same way. Also a download link would have been nice.
     
    DragunovHUN, 9 Jan 2009
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  17. kenco_uk

    kenco_uk I unsuccessfully then tried again

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    I'd say that a shedload of servers have just been brought online as the page responds very quickly now. Must surely be available soon.
     
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  19. UncertainGod

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    Damn me waking up late, the sites dead atm. :(
     
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  20. badders

    badders Neuken in de Keuken

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    It will apparently go up at 12pm PST - thats 8pm here.
     
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