Windows 7 Beta To Be Released On January 9

Martin | Jan 08, 2009 | Comments

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It is finally official. After a period of heavy speculations when the Windows 7 Beta would be released to the public the final date of the Windows 7 beta release has been published by the Windows 7 Dev Team. Windows 7 Beta will be released publicly on January 9 at the official Microsoft Windows 7 website. MSDN subscriber and Technet subscribers can download the beta of Windows 7 already.

It has to be noted that the Windows 7 Beta will be made available for a limited time to 2.5 million downloaders only. If you want it you have to be fast to grab your copy before downloads close again.

The Windows 7 beta will be supplied as a 32-bit or 64-bit ISO image of Windows 7 Ultimate which has to be burned to DVD before it can be installed. It can also be used to run the system on a virtual machine. Windows Vista SP1 or higher users can upgrade their operating system to Windows 7 Beta although that is only recommended for test environments. The Beta will expire on August 1st, 2009.

And for anyone wondering if the Beta is build 7000 or a later build: According to forum member Joe the build of the Windows 7 Beta is 7000. You can check out the latest news about the release and additional information at our Windows 7 Forum.

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About the Author: Martin Brinkmann is an Online Journalist from Germany who discovered his love for technology in high school. He is currently working as a freelancer for several publications and runs his own Internet website Ghacks

  • to6ko
    Does anyone know if the public beta will be a newer build than 7000?
  • ISOHaven
    I don't see how the build could be 7000.  Why wouldn't they have kept their Dec. Beta release date if all they were going to do was release what they already had three weeks ago?
  • Mill
    look. its not 7 yet, its 6.1.7000 thats why is build 7000 .maybe :S
  • to6ko
    Today is the 9th,where is download link?????
  • WIN7SUX
    Windows 7 SUX
  • WIN7SUXSUX
    @Win7Sux

    YEAH! And you suck EVEN more for posting that and wasting your TIME! ROFL

    @all

    Where's the link?
  • werethelink
    WERE IS THE LINK!!
  • werethelink
    wat time is it coming out and if its already out plz someone let me know when!!! and were the link is please!!!
  • Balmer
    It says "Come back the afternoon of January 9." Right now, it's 9am in Redmond Washington.
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