http://www.osnews.com/story/20761/Microsoft_Lifts_Download_Limit_for_Windows_7_Beta Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:05:20 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://osnews.com/thread?343192 http://osnews.com/thread?343192 Are the keys really necessary? I downloaded the leaked .ISO from a torrent, And when I was intalling I skipped the key input just pressing next, everything installed just fine. Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:12:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Hiev) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?343193 http://osnews.com/thread?343193 it probably would run in nagware mode with the pop-ups about the operating system not being legitimate until when the beta expires.

From what I've read so far it appears to be that they are only giving out a certain number of keys as multiple people have reported on different forums,etc. that they are being given the same keys as ones that have been leaked out.Edited 2009-01-13 02:04 UTC Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:55:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (DREVILl30564) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?343194 http://osnews.com/thread?343194 It'll run for 30 days without a key after which one is required to keep going until August. Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:17:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (flanque) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?343195 http://osnews.com/thread?343195 This proves, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that the download cap was nothing but a marketing move. All those who are surprised, please raise your hands now. Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:43:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (darknexus) Comments http://osnews.com/thread?343203 http://osnews.com/thread?343203 I raise my hand!

A -working- marketing move from microsoft, this must be accidental!!! They really come a long way since few month. Their image get better and better, it is now possible to belive that user will actually forget/forgive vista like mac user did when bootcamp or the app store came out.

Anyway, fueling that hate was fun (for Linux user), it prove how much critism influence perception. Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Elv13) Comments