Windows 7 Beta Expiration Approaching
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
From the Windows Team Blog:
Over the weekend, some of you may have received an email from us reminding you that the Windows 7 Beta expires on August 1st, 2009. In that email, we ask that if you are still on the Windows 7 Beta that you should consider moving to a “non-expired” copy of Windows such as the Windows 7 RC or Windows Vista because bi-hourly shutdowns will begin June 1st.
The Windows 7 Beta does expire on August 1st, 2009; unfortunately the date for when bi-hourly shutdowns will begin for the Windows 7 Beta was incorrect however.
Bi-hourly shutdowns for the Windows 7 Beta will begin July 1st, 2009 as we’ve stated both here in this blog post on May 5th and also in the Windows 7 RC FAQ.
Some people seem to have been confused by this. This applies to the pre-RC releases, not the actual RC release. If you haven’t downloaded the Windows 7 RC release, head over and do so now.
Reply #2 Wednesday, May 27, 2009 2:40 PM
Has anyone tried it out yet?
I'm wondering how much better it is than Vista performance wise to see if I want to try it.
Reply #3 Wednesday, May 27, 2009 3:00 PM
I'm comparing it to XP since I don't have a Vista machine, but I really like it. There seem to be a few issues occasionally, but they're mostly when I start up games because no one supports Win7 yet. It does seem fast and most of the features that have changed are rather intuitive (definatly a heck of a lot better than Office 2007).
Performance seems pretty good. It uses a good bit of ram (again, compared to XP), but it seems to reduce the usage when there's something large like a game going on.
Reply #4 Wednesday, May 27, 2009 4:07 PM
Some people seem to have been confused by this. This applies to the pre-RC releases, not the actual RC release.
However, the RC release will start it's bi-hourly shutdown on March 1 2010, as stated on the Microsoft site.
Reply #5 Wednesday, May 27, 2009 4:11 PM
I'm wondering how much better it is than Vista performance wise to see if I want to try it.
In comparison to Vista, ime, it's much faster. The install was faster (22 minutes), it boots from shutoff state faster...it's just faster. This is on a core 2 duo with 4 gigs ram. I like it. I can't wait until retail.
Reply #7 Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:56 PM
For me it's waaay faster! 
The best yet, absolutely!
Reply #8 Wednesday, May 27, 2009 7:06 PM
Reply #9 Tuesday, June 2, 2009 2:48 AM
downloading the 7100 RC build now (64 bit). Probably gonna do a clean format and use it as my main OS. I just hope i dont run into driver problems with my auzentech forte x-fi sound card since it uses some of creatives drivers.
Reply #10 Friday, June 5, 2009 4:07 AM
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Reply #1 Tuesday, May 26, 2009 11:39 AM
yeah, I need to get on that. I've cleared off my main partitition to reinstall the RC, but haven't gotten aronud to doing it (obviously the bi-hourly shutdowns would make me get off my lazy bum, but I've got a month and a half left)
I just hope you won't need to reinstall between this RC and the not-pre-release RC