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[Nabeel.]

I've been running it fulltime on my laptop for a while. Runs great. Testing it with some software at work too, overall everyone seems pleased.

[Robin.]

pwn247, on Jan 9 2009, 01:50 PM, said:

The taskbar shows extreme resemblance to the dock in OS X.

Yes they have gone in that direction in combining running applications with pinned ones. It doesn't really work the same way though. It's still in essence a taskbar.

The taskbar has one shortcoming though. I just wish running applications would swoop to the left among other running applications upon launch, it would make the whole "jumble of running/pinned icons" mess a bit better.

Public beta should be available to download soon. The link is up, but servers way too busy.

Edited by Robin., 09 January 2009 - 12:55 PM.

[Nabeel.]

It's almost nothing like the OSX dock. I have the option to select labels on running apps, so it's similar to the 'classic' task bar, but works out very nicely IMO.

Swooping to left, interesting. Well, they are reading feedback that's submitted through the OS.

[bobby_macnair]

Just out of interest how did you get the pre-beta release?

To whoever asked, as i said i have an MSDN license with work and we get access to all MS products free of charge.

Quick edit, heres lots of information...

http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/

Edited by bobby_macnair, 09 January 2009 - 01:08 PM.

[Nabeel.]

bobby_macnair, on Jan 9 2009, 01:07 PM, said:

Just out of interest how did you get the pre-beta release?

To whoever asked, as i said i have an MSDN license with work and we get access to all MS products free of charge.

I have MSDN/TechNet as well.

Edited by Nabeel., 09 January 2009 - 01:11 PM.

[Robin.]

Downloading the Public Beta as we speak

[Bell417]

Link?

[smonkcaptain]

http://technet.micro...r/dd353205.aspx

[Bell417]

Thanks, I knew about that one, I was just wondering if Robin downloaded it from somewhere else.

[bobby_macnair]

Nabeel., on Jan 9 2009, 01:08 PM, said:

bobby_macnair, on Jan 9 2009, 01:07 PM, said:

Just out of interest how did you get the pre-beta release?

To whoever asked, as i said i have an MSDN license with work and we get access to all MS products free of charge.

I have MSDN/TechNet as well.

nice man... what do you do for a living?

[Robin.]

Bell417, on Jan 9 2009, 09:35 PM, said:

Thanks, I knew about that one, I was just wondering if Robin downloaded it from somewhere else.

Nope that's where I'm downloading from. Servers do seem to be very busy though!

[Bell417]

Yeah, I can't download it because it's too busy. I select English, hit Go, and then maybe 1/7 times I get to a page where I have to login, the other 6 times I get a "Servers are too busy" pages. When I do get to the login page, I login, but then I always get the "Servers are too busy" page. I haven't been able to get farther than that.

EDIT: now when I go to the link, the page only says: "Windows 7 Beta coming soon!" When I try it from the Chinese site and hit go, it goes to a MS page and gets an Error 404.

Edited by Bell417, 09 January 2009 - 03:38 PM.

[Nabeel.]

bobby_macnair, on Jan 9 2009, 03:11 PM, said:

Nabeel., on Jan 9 2009, 01:08 PM, said:

bobby_macnair, on Jan 9 2009, 01:07 PM, said:

Just out of interest how did you get the pre-beta release?

To whoever asked, as i said i have an MSDN license with work and we get access to all MS products free of charge.

I have MSDN/TechNet as well.

nice man... what do you do for a living?

Software development, a lot of web/tools stuff

Edited by Nabeel., 09 January 2009 - 03:45 PM.

[Robin.]

Bell417, on Jan 9 2009, 10:35 PM, said:

Yeah, I can't download it because it's too busy. I select English, hit Go, and then maybe 1/7 times I get to a page where I have to login, the other 6 times I get a "Servers are too busy" pages. When I do get to the login page, I login, but then I always get the "Servers are too busy" page. I haven't been able to get farther than that.

EDIT: now when I go to the link, the page only says: "Windows 7 Beta coming soon!" When I try it from the Chinese site and hit go, it goes to a MS page and gets an Error 404.

http://wb.dlservice....LFRE_EN_DVD.iso

http://download.micr...XFRE_EN_DVD.ISO

Paste into a new tab, don't click it.

[Bell417]

Thanks, but I can't see those, the autolink feature shortens them. Could you maybe break them up?

[bobby_macnair]

the download is only available to the first 2.5 million as far as i know... you may have missed the boat im afraid.

Yeah im a software engineer too, C#, .net, with a fair bit of sql thrown in. MSDN license is invaluable.... i remember having to wait for the CD's to come through from MS!

[Robin.]

bobby_macnair, on Jan 9 2009, 11:39 PM, said:

the download is only available to the first 2.5 million as far as i know... you may have missed the boat im afraid.

Yeah im a software engineer too, C#, .net, with a fair bit of sql thrown in. MSDN license is invaluable.... i remember having to wait for the CD's to come through from MS!

The download/keys were pulled already Bobby, I don't think anyone actually got their keys yet. Technet preview website now says Beta is "coming soon"

Edited by Robin., 09 January 2009 - 04:45 PM.

[Jambone]

Robin...thanks for links, much appreciated Downloading now

[Nabeel.]

bobby_macnair, on Jan 9 2009, 04:39 PM, said:

the download is only available to the first 2.5 million as far as i know... you may have missed the boat im afraid.

Yeah im a software engineer too, C#, .net, with a fair bit of sql thrown in. MSDN license is invaluable.... i remember having to wait for the CD's to come through from MS!

Cool...I do alot of MySQL/Oracle stuff myself, mainly with PHP and some Java. Alot of command line stuff as of late since I'm writing tools. Getting into C# a bit now there, I originally started with VB and C++, C# is a funny amalgamation of the two... lol. I remember getting XP and stuff off of MSDN when I was about 15 (im 22 now) from where I used to work then... I always find the guy with the "keys" to the vault I remember the CD's too.. the huge binders with EVERY product in 'em.. good times

Beta was pulled for now until they can add more servers to the mix. They got hammered pretty hard

Edited by Nabeel., 09 January 2009 - 05:49 PM.

[Bell417]

Thanks, good to know. I'm downloading from the second link above, is that 32-bit? Also, how do I get a key?

Edited by Bell417, 09 January 2009 - 05:55 PM.