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Free copies of Windows 7 shipping to select beta testers
In July, Microsoft decided to hand out free copies of Windows 7 Ultimate to appease the many beta testers who felt their help and feedback was unappreciated. Only invitees of the early closed beta program were eligible -- meaning that users who downloaded the public beta have to pony up like the rest of us. Microsoft gave that handful of testers the choice between downloading a copy of Windows 7 and getting it sooner, or having a physical boxed copy shipped and receiving it later.
If you're one of the lucky few, feel free to gloat in the comments.
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trinamick
on October 30, 2009 9:32 AM |
My boss is getting giddy about Windows 7, and he's just dying to upgrade all of our computers. But since he did the same thing with Vista, and it's been nothing but headaches since, I've been encouraging him to wait. I have no desire to go through that mess again. Our computers running Vista still won't network with each other. Hopefully, Win 7 will take care of that. |
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lesajm
on October 30, 2009 2:49 PM |
Wow. I wonder how you get in with Microsoft to be a beta tester. I wonder how Windows 7 is going to differ from Vista. We have XP on one computer and Vista on the other. Vista took a little getting used to but it doesn't suck like many reports I'd heard. I'm sure there is more I could do with Vista that I am unaware of. |
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tavesa
on November 1, 2009 7:23 PM |
Microsoft is being generous. At least those who participated in the Beta test seriously, need not be disappointed. They can be happy. |
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SUSHRUKH
on November 2, 2009 3:56 AM |
wow that's sound good but how many copies they gonna give, are they gonna choose or anyone can have it too . |
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zaidpirwani
on November 2, 2009 6:01 AM |
What can I do now, I had never even took part in any of the BETA tests of Win-7, but I can relax that MS is not giving away free copies to all but select beta testers, I wonder who they are, 1)Bill Gate's Son, 2) Steve Jobs...is anyone here of these so called SELECT-BETA-TESTERS.... |
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