Windows 7 Beta 1 availability ends tonight

Robert Hallock 10 Feb, 2009 at 11:08am ET Article published in Tech

Users interested in legitimately acquiring a copy of the popular Windows 7 Beta 1 are encouraged to get their downloads going before tonight’s 11:59 PM EST deadline.

Once the clock strikes midnight, Microsoft’s official links to the goods will be scrubbed from their pages. Any user who has started the download prior to pumpkin hour will have until noon EST on February 12 before the files are nixed from Microsoft servers, so get goin’!

Comments

10 Feb 2009 ~ 12:07pm BuddyJ So they're ditching the .iso but still letting you register for keys. What's the point then?
10 Feb 2009 ~ 12:12pm Snarkasm Don't need to keep the servers running to feed the demand.
10 Feb 2009 ~ 12:14pm Thrax The keys are still available because MSDN and Technet subscribers will continue to have access to the beta.
10 Feb 2009 ~ 12:26pm chrisWhite Thanks for the heads up, I'm downloading.
10 Feb 2009 ~ 12:47pm Garg Thanks for the reminder, I hadn't grabbed a 32-bit key yet.
10 Feb 2009 ~ 12:50pm BuddyJ So are we gonna have a big Win7 party tonight or what?