Windows 7 Public Beta Information

[Tim]

Re: Windows 7 Fact Thread

But it's the same as me downloading it... cos you don't have a key, so its just a free trial... surely...

 

[Nick]

Re: Windows 7 Fact Thread

Mine just stopped at 17mb.

Dling 64bit instead.

 

[hikaricloud]

Re: Windows 7 Fact Thread

My god, I'm so excited. Almost at a gig. Most I've gotten so far.

 

[Wildside]

Re: Windows 7 Fact Thread

how big is Windows 7 beta? Should i get it? What are the risks now?

 

[hikaricloud]

Re: Windows 7 Fact Thread

64bit is 3.2gb, 32bit is 2.4gb. My internet just conked out at 1.2gb. Great.

 

[philbar71]

Re: Windows 7 Fact Thread

i'm getting 300-500kb/s and i'm on crappy charter cable internet. it got me to like 70% but my mom accidentally stopped it so i must download it all over again

 

[Gee Wally]

Re: Windows 7 Fact Thread

Mine died at 211 MB. I'll try one more time.

 

[Wildside]

Re: Windows 7 Fact Thread

i'm getting 300-500mb/s and i'm on crappy charter cable internet. it got me to like 70% but my mom accidentally stopped it so i must download it all over again

MBs? Wtf. The max bandwidth i can get with charter is 10Mb, we have 5Mb (almost 700B/s).

 

[mikee]

Re: Windows 7 Fact Thread

what is the build number of the beta is it the same as the build 7000 that leaked?

 

[carnageX]

Re: Windows 7 Fact Thread

what is the build number of the beta is it the same as the build 7000 that leaked?

Yep; same build.