# Anyone else trying the Windows 7 Beta? **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 13, 2009, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-else-trying-the-windows-7-beta/241344 "2009-01-13T12:32:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-else-trying-the-windows-7-beta/241344/1 "2009-01-13T12:32:52Z")
I plan on putting it on my laptop and the wifeys tonight. I think she will dual boot with XP and I’ll Dual boot with vista… not sure yet though on the dual boot. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-else-trying-the-windows-7-beta/241344/2 "2009-01-13T12:33:21Z")
Interesting… let me know how it works out. ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 12:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-else-trying-the-windows-7-beta/241344/3 "2009-01-13T12:34:18Z")
you can get it legit from Microsoft here: [http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-download.aspx](http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/beta-download.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@Alpine](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-else-trying-the-windows-7-beta/241344/4 "2009-01-13T12:41:22Z")
looks pretty sweet. ---
**Author:** ![SG-GSR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sg-gsr/32/6346_2.png) [@SG-GSR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SG-GSR)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-else-trying-the-windows-7-beta/241344/5 "2009-01-13T17:39:29Z")
I am using it…I partitioned my HD and just loaded it to that…It is really nice…I like it…I think Microsoft did a good job and have a good start to an awesome OS… ---
**Author:** ![Singh1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba8739/32.png) [@Singh1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Singh1)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-else-trying-the-windows-7-beta/241344/6 "2009-01-13T17:46:34Z")
im not, even when vista was released from M$ to try out, i was too lazy to bother to get it, the case now is that im wayy too busy to bother with it, when i get any free time the last thing im trying to do is install a beta M$ OS 🙂 let me know how u like it tho ! I think its hilarious that windows 7 is already being pushed ---
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-else-trying-the-windows-7-beta/241344/7 "2009-01-13T17:56:08Z")
Im debating weather or not i want to install it. I saw an hour long presentation on it and am impressed with everything there tryibg to do with it. Ill prolly give it a shot one day when im bored. Cant wait for its final release. ---
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-else-trying-the-windows-7-beta/241344/8 "2009-01-13T17:58:10Z")
> [@Singh"](#): > > im not, even when vista was released from M$ to try out, i was too lazy to bother to get it, the case now is that im wayy too busy to bother with it, when i get any free time the last thing im trying to do is install a beta M$ OS 🙂 > > let me know how u like it tho ! > > I think its hilarious that windows 7 is already being pushed Yeah Singh, any free time you have should be devoted to uploading more smilies to the forum. BTW, Wayne, I’d like to check Windows 7 when you get it operational. I might make the switch a some point. ---
**Author:** ![AMD\_IS\_THE\_BEST](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/amd_is_the_best/32/6342_2.png) [@AMD\_IS\_THE\_BEST](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AMD_IS_THE_BEST)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-else-trying-the-windows-7-beta/241344/9 "2009-01-13T19:22:02Z")
Downloading now. ---
**Author:** ![Tricia](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tricia/32/6426_2.png) [@Tricia](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tricia)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-else-trying-the-windows-7-beta/241344/10 "2009-01-13T19:58:37Z")
I dont have a extra computer and I have no idea how to partition or whatever that word it, so I dunno if I wanna try it lol ---
**Author:** ![kramerbuccs24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kramerbuccs24/32/6397_2.png) [@kramerbuccs24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kramerbuccs24)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-else-trying-the-windows-7-beta/241344/11 "2009-01-13T20:49:08Z")
OSX FTW :ninja ---
**Author:** ![Shawn96VR-4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Shawn96VR-4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shawn96VR-4)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-else-trying-the-windows-7-beta/241344/12 "2009-01-13T20:57:23Z")
Been out for a while on torrents. It’s got a lot of cool new features. MS vows major performance increases (either in this release or next). ---
**Author:** ![Jersey\_Fresh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jersey_fresh/32/6418_2.png) [@Jersey\_Fresh](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jersey_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-else-trying-the-windows-7-beta/241344/13 "2009-01-13T21:19:46Z")
its only valid untill august ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-else-trying-the-windows-7-beta/241344/14 "2009-01-14T08:41:07Z")
yea tried to install last night… my lappy doesn’t have enough harddrive space and hers doesn’t have the right drivers for vista let alone 7… looks like i’m out. i could probably install on my lappy if i flushed it, but i’m reluctant to give up a working OS for a beta. especially when it’s near impossible to get drivers for vista for these older laptops… i have mine where i want it right now, i don’t need to be fuckin with it. i would love a new machine but i can’t justify it. mine works awesome the way it is. ---
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 8:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-else-trying-the-windows-7-beta/241344/15 "2009-01-14T08:44:40Z")
Ahh fuck it… I’ll get ahold of it in the next couple days and benny the alpha build has been on torrents for awhile… but the beta only got leaked a few weeks before microsoft acctualy released it… Oh and I found a cool little tid bit looking through pictures of the Windows 7 Beta… The Default Wallpaper is a Beta Fish 😃 At first I couldent think of the name of the fish but I was like wow thats a random desktop… Very clever microsoft! ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 8:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-else-trying-the-windows-7-beta/241344/16 "2009-01-14T08:47:13Z")
yea i saw that last night… i had it up and running on her machine but couldn’t do dick with it. no drivers for wireless card, video card, audio card, or mass storage controller… maybe i should try putting it on something that isn’t over 3 years old? lol ---
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-else-trying-the-windows-7-beta/241344/17 "2009-01-14T08:49:26Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/12546/3): > > yea i saw that last night… i had it up and running on her machine but couldn’t do dick with it. no drivers for wireless card, video card, audio card, or mass storage controller… maybe i should try putting it on something that isn’t over 3 years old? lol Yea I’d say thats a safe Assumption… Regardless of what Microsoft says… It may be fast but its still a giant pig and older machines dont like it… ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 8:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-else-trying-the-windows-7-beta/241344/18 "2009-01-14T08:58:53Z")
my everyday lappy is a inspiron 9300 … from like 3+ years ago… i had to swap processors to a 1.7ghz (down from a 1.8 stock) and do the “pin trick” just to break the 2.0ghz single core barrier. now runs at 2.27ghz lol! orig had 1 gig of ram now has 2. runs vista really really well. occasional glitch from an unsupported driver but nothing major, ever. ---
**Author:** ![n\_cole](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/n_cole/32/6382_2.png) [@n\_cole](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/n_cole)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-else-trying-the-windows-7-beta/241344/19 "2009-01-14T09:43:54Z")
> [@Frisbee Golf](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/frisbee-golf/12520/17): > > OSX FTW :ninja :retardclap You don’t even know how many people I talk to daily that are pissed our software is Windows only. ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-else-trying-the-windows-7-beta/241344/20 "2009-01-14T10:55:07Z")
> [@Wanted : 240sx](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wanted-240sx/12541/5): > > :retardclap > > You don’t even know how many people I talk to daily that are pissed our software is Windows only. u talk to a lot of idiots huh? [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-else-trying-the-windows-7-beta/241344.md?page=2)