GamersCrib
01-09-2009, 11:39 AM
Windows 7 is going into public beta, Microsoft head Steve Ballmer announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas late on Wednesday.
The first beta version of the successor to Windows Vista is immediately available as a downloadable disk image to MSDN, TechBeta, and TechNet subscribers, while the general public will get to test-drive the new operating system starting Friday.
Windows 7 is expected to hit shelves toward the end of this year or the start of 2010, according to Microsoft's broad roadmap for operating system releases, which specifies a three-year gap between releases. The new OS first made an appearance in October, when a "pre-beta" version was given to attendees of Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference (PDC) 2008.
Since its due to be released today.. you can visit Microsofts Official site for a download link of the beta here (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default.aspx)..its available to the first 2.5million downloaders!
Read more about it here (http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10136418-75.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0).
The first beta version of the successor to Windows Vista is immediately available as a downloadable disk image to MSDN, TechBeta, and TechNet subscribers, while the general public will get to test-drive the new operating system starting Friday.
Windows 7 is expected to hit shelves toward the end of this year or the start of 2010, according to Microsoft's broad roadmap for operating system releases, which specifies a three-year gap between releases. The new OS first made an appearance in October, when a "pre-beta" version was given to attendees of Microsoft's Professional Developer Conference (PDC) 2008.
Since its due to be released today.. you can visit Microsofts Official site for a download link of the beta here (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/default.aspx)..its available to the first 2.5million downloaders!
Read more about it here (http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-10136418-75.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0).