Windows 7 Beta Download Details and Limitations

Jan 9 2009, 8:00am CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Microsoft is releasing Windows 7 beta to everybody who wants it this afternoon. Developers have already had access to it for a couple of days.
You will be able to download an .ISO image of Windows 7 beta that you have to burn to a DVD in order to run the install. If you do not know how to do that, you should not install beta operating systems anyway.
The hurdles to install Windows 7 beta do not stop at the ISO image. You actually need to have a Windows Vista SP1 running that you can upgrade with the Windows 7 beta.
You cannot upgrade XP or do a clean install with this release of Windows 7 beta. Microsoft gives you though the choice of downloading the 32-bit or the 64-bit version of Windows 7.
Lastly the Windows 7 beta expires August 1st. So do not even think about using it for real work or storing your data under the beta. Info about Windows 7 beta is via the Windows Team blog. Update: Windows 7 Beta download started

The Windows 7 beta download is supposed to start this afternoon on the Windows 7 page and on Windows.com. Microsoft will only serve up 2.5m downloads of Windows 7 beta, but because its an ISO file there sure will be copies available on filesharing services and download sites.

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Luigi Lugmayr
Luigi is the founding chief Editor of I4U News and brings over 15 years experience in the technology field to the ever evolving and exciting world of gadgets. He started I4U News back in 2000 and evolved it into vibrant technology magazine.
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