Microsoft Extends Windows 7 Beta into February

[Jake_Barnes]

Microsoft last week extended the deadline for downloading the public beta of Windows 7 by more than two weeks, citing continued interest in the preview.

The move suggests that fewer than 2.5 million copies of the beta have been downloaded since Microsoft launched the Windows 7 preview January 10.

Although Microsoft had originally capped the downloads of Windows 7 beta at 2.5 million, after a rocky launch -- the company's servers were overloaded as frustrated users tried to download the preview -- the company lifted the limit and said it would offer the beta through January 24....(more)

Microsoft Extends Windows 7 Beta into February

 

[amdfangirl]

Oh, nice but won't we be using Beta 2 or something?