Windows 7 Available Now

Well after yesterday’s issues with server overload it appears Microsoft has everything back online today and the world is happily downloading Beta 1 of Windows 7.

Public Service Announcement – Don’t forget to download the one critical fix that is out there for the MP3 corruption problem in Windows 7.

Update for Windows 7 Beta for x64-based Systems (KB961367)

Update for Windows 7 Beta (KB961367)

OK – back to the purpose of my post.  A few days ago I wrote a post about what I believed would be the popularity of Windows 7 once it reached RTM based on the positive response it was getting on Twitter – a social networking site where everyone talks in 140 character bursts.

Well now that the Windows 7 Beta is in the wild courtesy of Microsoft and their beefed up servers I thought I would run a quick review of the Windows 7 search on Twitter’s search site and get the pulse of the people when it comes to Windows 7.

Now I am not going looking for issues with the downloads or gaining access to keys for it – that is out there and apparent.  I am more looking for what they are saying once Windows 7 is installed and running on their hardware.

OK – so here we go with the upbeat stuff:

• phpscriptcoder: Finished installing Windows 7, looks good so far
• ramcosca: I’m loving WIndows 7. I have high hopes for it, I actually do.
• scrapplesandwic: Just played with the Media Center in Windows 7. I really like it!
• danielboros: Just installed Windows 7 Beta. Have been pleasantly surprised thus far.
• mark_ca: @andylevy Haven’t tried Windows 7 in Boot Camp but it runs nice in VMWare on the Mac
• bjamin2002: is running windows 7, so far so good
• andyfluke: @jerrymichalski yes, windows 7 looks very promising
• petethepanda: installed the windows 7 beta. out of the box, it runs almost as fast as my tweaked v64 installation… that’s a good thing.
• carnellm: Just installed Windows 7 in a VirtualBox VM on my MacBook. Looking good so far!
• TimBrazer: Windows 7 is beautiful.
• samglover: Playing with Windows 7. So far, I like it. Fast and snappy, even in a VM.
• timnathandyer: I wish I could run the Windows 7 Beta!… Speaking with my internet friends, they say that it’s amazing. It’s the vista vista wanted to be!
• michaelper22: Device Stage in Windows 7 looks so cool
• scottymoon: Up on Windows 7…that didn’t take that long.
• robmontanez: Windows 7 runs smoother and is less intrusive than Vista, but working with it I still find myself battling with it to do even simple things.
• Thunderclap: However, Windows 7 is a decent upgrade from Windows Vista and XP
• Kenkaze: Just Installed Windows 7, looks good so far.
• jrconlin: Ok, not feeling the love for Windows 7. It’s better than Vista, but that’s not really a high water mark.
• tehbawb: Windows 7 is amazing. It’s everything that Vista should have been.
• Follower46: Just installed Windows 7 b7000 64bit. Seems very similar to Vista. Everything is running (minus daemon tools).
• alexnz: has been playing with Windows 7 for a while; most impressive.
• JoshConverse: I think windows 7 has the prettiest bootup so far.
• alphatrak: Windows 7 is running fantastic on my 1 gig ram pentium 4 box.

And now those with some issues with it:

• Korashime: Parallels doesn’t like Windows 7. I’m hopefull an update is not far off.
• kv3x: Installed Windows 7 beta on my Mac with VMWare… Why, I don’t know, but just playing around. To me, it’s just another Vista.
• urbanweb: Don’t bother with Windows 7, I installed it on one of my machines. Drivers are a nightmare!!
• robmontanez: Windows 7 runs smoother and is less intrusive than Vista, but working with it I still find myself battling with it to do even simple things.
• jrconlin: Ok, not feeling the love for Windows 7. It’s better than Vista, but that’s not really a high water mark.
• terryjr386: Windows 7 day 2, finally got the network working with virtual box seems linux vbox is better than windows.
• anthonyalvernaz: Had to restart Windows 7 install due to an error…..
• jiggawagga: Windows 7 won’t start and i’m hungry

And all of these tweets are from the last 30 minutes!

My verdict – it will have its issues but this is going to be as popular as Windows XP was and still is.  It gives you Vista with all the fixes!

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Richard Hay  (3356 Posts)

Richard is the Owner of WindowsObserver.com and has been involved in tech for over 25 years. His first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then he used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and what you see here today is the result of the work he has continued on the site since 1995. In January 2010 his community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when he was awarded the Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for Windows Desktop Experience. In January 2011 he was renewed as a Microsoft MVP but in a new category called Windows Expert - Consumer and in January 2012 he received the award for the third time.