When I installed Microsoft Windows 7 beta on one of my computers, one things I’ve noticed was that it was a quick and rather painless install. It seems light with less “bloatware”. It reminded me of a linux install way back when Linux didn’t try to be “use-friendly”. Back then when you install Linux, you [...]
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omputerworld reports Windows 7 full version is now available for sale, month’s before Microsoft officially releases it for sale.
Pirated copies of Microsoft Windows 7 have hit the shelves at China’s electronics bazaars, months before the operating system officially goes on sale.
A stall owner at one of the multistory PC markets in Beijing sold a copy [...]
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Windows 7 RTM build 7600 is free for download at Technet and MSDN. The download was actually made available on August 6 and early downloaders slowed the speeds to a crawl but expect it to speed up as soon as they drop off. The 32-bit edition comes in at a heavy 2.4 Gb.
If this release [...]
NOTE: The blog entry sourced for this post is a little misleading.
Apparently, some enterprising individual is packaging Windows 7 beta into a full product and selling it. A blog from CNET Asia reported finding a package labeled ”Windows 7 Ultimate” at a market notorious for selling pirated software. The package was reportedly being sold for [...]
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