Eviltechie Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I want to get the windows 7 public beta. I've been trying the direct download link that lifehacker provided, but the download keeps cutting off. I googled "windows 7 public beta torrent", and came up with http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/12/27/w...mipan-download/ According to them, I am supposed to get this file, and open it with transmission. http://depositfiles.com/en/files/t60xwan8a Now for the important part. Is this legal? Microsoft is obviously giving this out, but is it illegal to get it from here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eviltechie Posted January 10, 2009 Author Share Posted January 10, 2009 I tried it, and there were no peers. So never mind then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpt Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4233045/Wi...BETA_Build_6519 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiyed14 Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4233045/Wi...BETA_Build_6519 I think he's looking for Beta1 (Build 7000) as for legality, I would say its a grey area, will you get in trouble for it probably not, does Microsoft condone this, no, do they want you to try the beta and find bugs for them, probably. Without a valid key its only a 30 day evaluation copy. I would say download it and install it (i am). edit: i was able to get it downloaded from lifehacker.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhollyMindless Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 MS has apparently run into some troubles with all the demand for the beta... http://www.crn.com/software/212701706 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eviltechie Posted January 11, 2009 Author Share Posted January 11, 2009 The good news is that I successful downloaded it the right way, and got a few keys along the way. It is now running happily in vmware with 1 core and 1gb of ram. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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