System ∩ Code ∩ Footy » downloading http://cueballcentral.com 50% sysadmin, 50% developer, 100% footy fan... Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:16:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Windows 7 Waste http://cueballcentral.com/2009/02/windows-7-waste/ http://cueballcentral.com/2009/02/windows-7-waste/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:19:01 +0000 Mark Glossop http://cueballcentral.com/?p=188 Continue reading →]]> So – despite those of you who know me as a Unix junkie and who only touches Windows when he has to as part of his professional life – I thought I’d grab a copy of the Windows 7 beta and have a look-see.

So I download the 3.15GB file…and I get this:
Windows 7 Beta Download

Microsoft download system – FTL. [I’d go looking on Bittorrent, but then it’s hard to trust what you’re getting…even if it does have hell-better integrity checks when downloading.]

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