# Download Free Legal Copy of Windows 7 beta ( 32 bit or 64 bit ) tomorrow from MS **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 8, 2009, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/download-free-legal-copy-of-windows-7-beta-32-bit-or-64-bit-tomorrow-from-ms/60938 "2009-01-08T06:57:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/download-free-legal-copy-of-windows-7-beta-32-bit-or-64-bit-tomorrow-from-ms/60938/61 "2009-01-09T07:59:54Z")
weak :lol: ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/download-free-legal-copy-of-windows-7-beta-32-bit-or-64-bit-tomorrow-from-ms/60938/62 "2009-01-09T08:05:48Z")
IF the torrent is offering the beta which is free then it’s not illegal. ---
**Author:** ![Rsnake91](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rsnake91/32/4996_2.png) [@Rsnake91](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Rsnake91)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/download-free-legal-copy-of-windows-7-beta-32-bit-or-64-bit-tomorrow-from-ms/60938/63 "2009-01-09T09:10:01Z")
i cant get on the fucking site at all lol. ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 9:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/download-free-legal-copy-of-windows-7-beta-32-bit-or-64-bit-tomorrow-from-ms/60938/64 "2009-01-09T09:17:25Z")
Eh I got vista…I’m not to desperate to try this out. ---
**Author:** ![comm\_perry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@comm\_perry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/comm_perry)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 11:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/download-free-legal-copy-of-windows-7-beta-32-bit-or-64-bit-tomorrow-from-ms/60938/65 "2009-01-09T11:16:31Z")
I’m hoping to grab a couple of licenses…one 32 bit and one 64 bit… From Wired: > Microsoft will make the first public beta of Windows 7, the next version of its desktop operating system, available as a free download on Friday. There are several limitations, however, so even if you’re excited and committed to trying out Windows 7 Beta 1 on your home PC, check out this list of rules, requirements and considerations. > > We culled this list from a post on the official Windows blog and its comments, so check it out before taking the plunge: > > - Windows 7 Beta 1 will be made available for a limited time at **12:00pm Pacific on January 9, 2009.** > > - Visit the Windows 7 page on Microsoft’s website for the link. > > - It will only be made available to the first 2.5 million people to download the code. Demand will be huge, so prepare to act quickly. > > - Microsoft has not announced a specific time on Friday for the release, but we can expect it will be later in the day so the west coast of North America isn’t left out. Update: The beta will be available at 12pm (noon) Pacific. Other links have surfaced, but they aren’t working and they aren’t official anyway. Read the details in our newer post. > > - Windows 7 Beta 1 will be offered as an ISO image. It’s around 2.5 or 3 gigabytes, so you will need a DVD burner if you want to install it. > > - You will be required to register before downloading so Microsoft can give you a product key. > > - It will be build 7000. > > **- The beta will only support Windows Vista SP1 to Windows 7 upgrades. If you’re not running Vista SP1 right now, upgrade before you try to install the Windows 7 beta.** > > **- There is also a clean install option for the Win7 beta.** > > - > > **There is no upgrade path from XP.** > > - There’s only one version of the beta, which Microsoft says “is roughly equivalent the Ultimate edition of Windows Vista.” > > - The Windows 7 Beta will expire on August 1. You will probably be forced to go back to using Vista SP1 on August 1 (or maybe upgrade to Win7 Beta 2?). > > - English, German, Japanese, Arabic, and Hindi versions will be available Friday. > > - Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions will be available (except for Hindi, which only gets a 32-bit version). > > - If you’re upgrading, remember to back up your PC. It’s a beta, stupid! > > If you miss out, there will be other ways to get the beta in the near future. It’s likely Microsoft will be handing out hard DVDs of the code at developer events and consumer conferences throughout the year. And of course, (cough) there’s always BitTorrent. ---
**Author:** ![jabbu](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jabbu/32/7446_2.png) [@jabbu](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jabbu)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/download-free-legal-copy-of-windows-7-beta-32-bit-or-64-bit-tomorrow-from-ms/60938/66 "2009-01-09T13:25:37Z")
x86 version hxxp://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/3/633118BD-6C3D-45A4-B985-F0FDFFE1B021/EN/7000.0.081212-1400\_client\_en-us\_Ultimate-GB1CULFRE\_EN\_DVD.iso x64 version hxxp://download.microsoft.com/download/6/3/3/633118BD-6C3D-45A4-B985-F0FDFFE1B021/EN/7000.0.081212-1400\_client\_en-us\_Ultimate-GB1CULXFRE\_EN\_DVD.ISO If you can’t get links working, you’re retarded. DLin @ 1.5MB ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/download-free-legal-copy-of-windows-7-beta-32-bit-or-64-bit-tomorrow-from-ms/60938/67 "2009-01-09T19:37:46Z")
thank you sir :tup: what did you do about a key? I didn’t enter one when I installed it last night, but it asked for one ---
**Author:** ![fourseasonsandles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/90ced4/32.png) [@fourseasonsandles](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fourseasonsandles)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/download-free-legal-copy-of-windows-7-beta-32-bit-or-64-bit-tomorrow-from-ms/60938/68 "2009-01-09T21:08:34Z")
So what’s the verdict? Do you guys like it? I just finished installing and playing around to figure it out. Not sure if I like it or not yet. ---
**Author:** ![zwarbyt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zwarbyt/32/7623_2.png) [@zwarbyt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/zwarbyt)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/download-free-legal-copy-of-windows-7-beta-32-bit-or-64-bit-tomorrow-from-ms/60938/69 "2009-01-09T21:17:13Z")
thanks, key info? ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/download-free-legal-copy-of-windows-7-beta-32-bit-or-64-bit-tomorrow-from-ms/60938/70 "2009-01-09T21:25:19Z")
ive got the VM Appliance coming up now. Slow as shit on this pc though. A VM on a box with only 512mb of ram is ROUGH. I need it to resume so that I can shut it down and throttle the ram down to 256 lol ---
**Author:** ![TooSoonJr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@TooSoonJr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TooSoonJr)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/download-free-legal-copy-of-windows-7-beta-32-bit-or-64-bit-tomorrow-from-ms/60938/71 "2009-01-09T21:32:07Z")
I’ve been running it on a virtual machine for the past month, and it runs as fast as the native XP pro that’s running on my computer with only 2 gigs of memory designated to it. It seems like it’ll be everything that vista should’ve been. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/download-free-legal-copy-of-windows-7-beta-32-bit-or-64-bit-tomorrow-from-ms/60938/72 "2009-01-09T21:49:56Z")
I have only dedicated 272mb of ram. I am posting this on my Windows 7 VM, over RDP. It is actually running normally!! This thing would be rock solid with 2GB. I am thoroughly impressed, I must say. edit: Am I alone in thinking that M$ completely stole the look and almost some of the feel away from KDE 4? ---
**Author:** ![TooSoonJr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@TooSoonJr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TooSoonJr)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/download-free-legal-copy-of-windows-7-beta-32-bit-or-64-bit-tomorrow-from-ms/60938/73 "2009-01-09T21:58:33Z")
I haven’t run linux in a long time so i can’t comment on the KDE4, but the fact that it’ll run on a VM with that little ram dedicated to it is pretty sick. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 10:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/download-free-legal-copy-of-windows-7-beta-32-bit-or-64-bit-tomorrow-from-ms/60938/74 "2009-01-09T22:13:45Z")
yeah I did not really think this was going to be a successful venture. I am impressed, seriously. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 5:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/download-free-legal-copy-of-windows-7-beta-32-bit-or-64-bit-tomorrow-from-ms/60938/75 "2009-01-10T05:26:31Z")
I was expecting big things…I wish that would change up the UI some day…it looks like Vista… im sure they tweaked a lot of background process shit to make it more stable…but seriously give it a face lift try some new shit. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/download-free-legal-copy-of-windows-7-beta-32-bit-or-64-bit-tomorrow-from-ms/60938/76 "2009-01-10T06:49:37Z")
I’m interested in how this runs on a variety of systems. I’ve never bothered trying Vista because I’ve got an aging rig and everyone says it’s a memory hog. So… **Post your system specs and impression of how it runs vs Vista/XP.** I’ll be installing it later this afternoon so: _Athlon XP 2400+ (single core, 2GHZ, 256k L2, 32bit) 768 DDR266 PATA100 8mb cache HDD Radeon 9600XT_ This space reserved for comment later… Update: Hello from Windows 7! So I removed the drive letter from the WM7 partition in XP, and for some reason (and I haven’t looked yet) WM7 doesn’t seem to be seeing XP. Which is good, although I don’t know why WM7 doesn’t see the XP partition. :shrug: It seems to be running pretty well. I am installing AVG antivirus and it seems to be working, although it’s bounced back and forth between running and not responding… My onboard ethernet driver had to be manually installed, same for my onboard audio. My XP drivers worked fine for both. My webcam driver, which was a PITA to install in XP installed automatically. (In XP I had to install the driver, then uninstall all of my USB ports and refresh my computer to get it to start.) Oh yeah, Canon Printer had to be updated too. Otherwise all my hardware installed automatically. LOL already downloaded 3 windows updates. It seems to be running OK. Maybe a touch slow, but it looks like there’s a lot of pretty shit turned on. Transparent windows and whatnot. OK friends are here. Time to drink. Later! ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 8:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/download-free-legal-copy-of-windows-7-beta-32-bit-or-64-bit-tomorrow-from-ms/60938/77 "2009-01-10T08:26:57Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > _Athlon XP 2400+ (single core, 2GHZ, 256k L2, 32bit) > 768 DDR266 > PATA100 8mb cache HDD > Radeon 9600XT_ > > > > _This space reserved for comment later…_ I bet it will run great on that platform ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 8:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/download-free-legal-copy-of-windows-7-beta-32-bit-or-64-bit-tomorrow-from-ms/60938/78 "2009-01-10T08:27:43Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > I was expecting big things…I wish that would change up the UI some day…it looks like Vista… > > im sure they tweaked a lot of background process shit to make it more stable…but seriously give it a face lift try some new shit. see my comment above about KDE 4. New Taskbar is a complete ripoff IMO ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/download-free-legal-copy-of-windows-7-beta-32-bit-or-64-bit-tomorrow-from-ms/60938/79 "2009-01-10T08:41:56Z")
Intel Q6600 3.0Ghz 4gb DDR2 GTX260 running it under vista 64 in VMware. 2 processors (x3ghz) and 2gb memory and 3D hardware acceleration. Windows only uses around 450mb of ram (compared to around 1.5gb for vista) :tup: very very nice OS so far… if I had an extra hard drive laying around, I’d probably install it on it’s own ---
**Author:** ![TooSoonJr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@TooSoonJr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TooSoonJr)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2009, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/download-free-legal-copy-of-windows-7-beta-32-bit-or-64-bit-tomorrow-from-ms/60938/80 "2009-01-10T08:49:30Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > I was expecting big things…I wish that would change up the UI some day…it looks like Vista… > > im sure they tweaked a lot of background process shit to make it more stable…but seriously give it a face lift try some new shit. I agree, i wish they did more with the UI, I never really liked the vista interface. I’m running: 2.33 Core 2 Duo 4 gigs of DDR 800 256 mb ATI card, forget which kind Runs on a VM like a fresh install of XP Pro… I was weary about enabling the network on it at first when i downloaded the internal release last month but i guess it looks like a lot of people are running it at this point so it probably doesn’t matter. I guess i’ll go ahead and download this legit build. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/download-free-legal-copy-of-windows-7-beta-32-bit-or-64-bit-tomorrow-from-ms/60938.md?page=3) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/download-free-legal-copy-of-windows-7-beta-32-bit-or-64-bit-tomorrow-from-ms/60938.md?page=5)