windows 7...

[sarbin]

how many of you are going to download the first official, publicly-available beta tomorrow?
i've got an extra hdd here, so might give it a shot.

[CoffeeBeans]

I'll definately download it, whether I'll install or not is another thing

[Stargate199]

Downloading tomorrow as well and installing it on one of my computers to test drive it. Going to post my thoughts on it after I get around to messing with it for a few days.

[CRAZYBUBBA]

I hope that they allow me to upgrade from XP when it's ready to retail.

http://www.crn.com/software/212701488

[Temetka]

I will be downloading it.

I am very interested in seeing how things are progressing thus far. Although I am very happy with the performance of Vista, there are a few features in Windows 7 I am interested in. The new task bar will need to very good or I would like to switch to a more standard taskbar ala the one inside Vista. I like being able to tell which programs are running by seeing their names in the taskbar.

[iamdmc]

Downloaded 7 beta 1 (x86 Build 7000) on the 28th. It's been running on a X61s with 4GB of RAM and 250GB 7200RPM HDD.

Works very well so far with some exceptions. I can say this for sure: much better than Windows Vista. I'll be downloading the x64 version of the beta once it becomes available again direct through Microsoft (their servers crashed today while I was trying to download)

Issues:
-Thinkvantage software seems to work OK not great (note: I don't use Access Connections, etc.) Thinkvantage productivity center does not work.
-The keyboard hotkeys are all nonfunctional (ie. Fn + F# - which I used to use extensively)
-Wifi and Bluetooth are either both on or both off (by hardware switch only).
-Lenovo System Update recognizes the OS as Windows Vista SP1 so it will give you downloads that do not apply to Win7.
-Microsoft known issue: Windows Media Player 12 beta corrupts MP3s irreversibly, so don't use it (unless you've made a backup of whatever file you want to play)
-Daemon Tools does not work - the driver will not load. Use "Virtual CloneDrive" instead (google it for download location)
-Volume control works, but the mute button does not register muting with Windows 7 (although it does actually mute the sound)
-IE 8 beta 2 crashes immediately at program startup
-When plugging the laptop in while running it is very common to get a "Display Driver has Stopped Working" - after which the driver reloads itself and everything seems normal. However... (see next point)
-Every once in a while (random, or when plugging in) windows explorer stops working and will load the window but none of its contents. At this point you must cold boot the machine, since "Restart" and "Shut down" will not work

These will likely all be fixed by Microsoft and Lenovo by RTM release. For now they're livable.

I can't wait to try Win7 on my ThinkPad X31 1GB RAM
... or on my Athlon64 X2 6000+ CPU/Asus M3A78-EM mobo/4GB RAM/820GB HDD/ATi HD3850 desktops