Windows 7 Official Public Beta To Release on January 9, 2009
Steve Ballmer has just announced during his keynote address in 2009 Internet CES that the public beta for Windows 7 will be released on Friday, January 9, 2009. The public beta of Windows 7 will be available worldwide for everybody to download and get a genuine working product key.
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According to Windows 7 Team Blog, the Windows 7 Beta will be available for Windows enthusiasts to download via the Windows 7 page on Windows.com. The Windows 7 Beta is going to be available download-only (no physical media) and available for a limited time to the first 2.5 million people who download the beta.
Another thing to note is that Windows 7 Beta will expire on August 1st, 2009. The currently leaked Windows 7 build 7000 expires on around July 1, 2009. So the actual official beta version for Windows 7 Beta may not be build 7000. However, the SHA1 hash values for the ISO images have been verified to be the same, so it’s likely that the official Windows 7 beta will have build 7000 too.
For those who can’t wait to download the first public beta of Windows 7 with build version 7000, the build has already leaked in Internet. You can be the first to download 32-bit (x86) Windows 7 Beta Build 7000 or 64-bit (x64) Windows 7 Beta 1 Build 7000.
If you’re MSDN or TechNet subscribers, the download and product key is available now.
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September 8th, 2009 00:59
I already have it
April 23rd, 2009 14:20
When is the official W7 version coming out? End of 2009?
January 10th, 2009 09:27
[...] servers surrender to the massive traffic that hits the Windows 7 Beta CPP page since the supposedly beta release date of January 9, 2009. Due to overwhelming traffic, the official launch of Windows 7 has been delayed, [...]
January 9th, 2009 22:29
[...] version of Windows 7 available to the first 2.5 million people who download, slated to begin on January 9, 2009. The Windows 7 Beta Customer Preview Program can be accessed via the following [...]
January 8th, 2009 15:02
i rather wait for the official release than the leaked one. hope u will update the news as soon as it release.
thanks!
January 8th, 2009 14:26
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January 8th, 2009 11:25
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January 8th, 2009 11:05
[...] is widely believed scheduled to officially launch public beta of Windows 7 on January 9, 2009 soon, which can be as soon as today. So for those who wants something more official and reliable, [...]