Windows 7 testers to get free copy of Wi...
Posted by Al in Windows 7 News on 07 30th, 2009 | 14 Comments
In a surprising turn-around, Microsoft announced today that members of the Windows Technical Beta Program will receive a complimentary copy of Windows 7 Ultimate on August 6th. This applies only to those that part of the Technical Beta, not the beta and RC testers that received their copy of Windows...
The “real” Windows 7 testers...
Posted by Al in Windows 7 News on 07 23rd, 2009 | 4 Comments
Microsoft claims that over 10 million people contributed to the Windows 7 Beta some way through the opt-in Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP). Surely the significance of suggestions coming in from so many testers would have an impact on the way Microsoft looked at Windows 7 during development,...
Windows 7 Beta Starts Shutting Down July...
Posted by Al in Windows 7 News on 05 28th, 2009 | 7 Comments
A few days ago, upon receiving an email from Microsoft, we warned users that Windows 7 Beta will start shutting down every 2 hours starting June 1st. Microsoft sent another email today noting that the dates in their original email was wrong.
Here are the corrected dates:
Version:
Starts shutting...
Survey shows testers are happy with Wind...
Posted by Al in Windows 7 News on 04 8th, 2009 | 4 Comments
ComputerWorld reports that in a recent poll conducted, Windows 7 beta testers are four times more likely to be happy with Windows 7 than early users of Windows Vista. This is seen as a factor that is driving more than half the companies surveyed to drop Vista adoption plans.
An additional poll was conducted...
More changes from Windows 7 Beta to RC r...
Today, the Engineering Windows 7 blog released more changes that we will be seeing in the release candidate of Windows 7, with most of them centered around improving productivity. We’ve listed some of the more interesting ones here:
Improved taskbar Windows lists:
When a very large number for...
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