Comments on: Give Windows 7 A Spin

By: Gene

Gene — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:46:31 +0000

Windows 7 is a joke. Service pack for Vista at best. And the fact that you have to log in to get updates – talk about built in spyware…

By: Stacey

Stacey — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:45:53 +0000

Not having an extra testing machine has not stopped me from trying Windows 7. Just grab VirtualBox and give it a whirl…they’ve even updated the program to support windows 7!

By: Allyn Rountree

Allyn Rountree — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 05:28:53 +0000

I be looking forward to the review. I can’t stand beta software. I like official releases because it’s more stable and reliable. I installed it on a 250GB HDD and I just couldn’t get over the bugs.

By: Dennis Croft

Dennis Croft — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:51:35 +0000

I’m am thinking about downloading and running it on my desktop which has xp. Will the install ask if you want to install to dual boot? When it’s unstalled how do you fix your boot file>

By: Dennis Croft

Dennis Croft — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:21:46 +0000

I’m thinking of downloading and running on my desktop which has xp on it now. Will the installation ask if you want to dual boot? If I do it how do you fix the boot file when it’s uninstalled?

By: Kevin Mason

Kevin Mason — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:17:24 +0000

You will only be able to download the beta until the February 10th and if you’re not completely done downloading by the 12th you’re out of luck.

If you want the BETA go download it now!

see : http://windowsteamblog.com/blogs/windows7/archive/2009/01/23/general-availability-for-the-windows-7-beta-to-end.aspx

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:45:22 +0000

I’ve been hearing a lot of good things about Windows 7. However, having just switched to Mac for my home computing, I’m not going to go out of my way to get my hands on it. I *might* wait until it’s officially released and see if I can get my hands on a copy.

I’m just so burned out with Windows/Microsoft at this point, though, that I just don’t really care.

By: Telegramsam

Telegramsam — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:15:55 +0000

I did that with my box–the dual boot works perfectly without any issues whatsoever. You automatically get a startup menu that asks if you want Windows 7 or an earlier version.

I was worried about that too, but no issue!

By: amit

amit — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:05:52 +0000

I have very slow Internet connection so is it possible to use someone else’s downloaded copy for installation using a CD-Key which I have?

By: Robert Nelson

Robert Nelson — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:37:17 +0000

I have been running Windows 7 since just after the public beta release, and I have to say that (as a Mac user) I have been very happy with it. Not only does it look nice, but it also seems to run with very little issue. I am not sure it would convince me to switch back over to Windows, but seems to be as close as Microsoft has come in a long time.

And for Jester, yes you can set it up as a dual-boot, I have Win7 booting with XP and also Ubuntu. Like you mentioned when you remove it, you will have to fix the boot file.