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tesseract08   11-11-2009 at 11:09:42 PM

I unfortunately missed out on the RC. Can I still get some sort of Win7 trial?

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There may still be a chance of a 90 day trial of the enterprise edition here actually...

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Rab1d-BDGR   11-11-2009 at 11:55:15 PM

To the best of my knowledge, not legally.

Why do you need to trial? Are you unsure if your hardware is compatible? If so then this: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/c [...] fault.aspx might be a good place to start.

If you need windows as an OS, and your hardware can run win7 then there is probably no good reason not to just get a full version of windows 7 to install it. 7 is a LOT better than Vista, and XP support is getting pulled soon so if you need windows 7 is the way to go.

OTOH, if you don't need windows I could always recommend one of the hundreds of free operating systems out there - such as Ubuntu of Fedora. You can try them for free, they even boot from a CD/DVD with no need to install. ;-)

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konenavi   11-12-2009 at 12:06:05 AM

tesseract08 wrote :

I unfortunately missed out on the RC. Can I still get some sort of Win7 trial?


Yes, get a DVD, or an ISO from a friend and install it, it will run for 30 days without a key, can't comment on the legality of that though. I would also recommend one of the Linux distros.


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Silver Win 7 badge The_Prophecy   11-12-2009 at 12:24:12 AM

Legally speaking, borrowing a Windows DVD from a friend to install from isn't allowed, even though you aren't intending to use a hacked or "borrowed" serial to activate this copy (which would REALLY make it illegal).

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konenavi   11-12-2009 at 12:34:16 AM

The_Prophecy wrote :

Legally speaking, borrowing a Windows DVD from a friend to install from isn't allowed, even though you aren't intending to use a hacked or "borrowed" serial to activate this copy (which would REALLY make it illegal).

I stand corrected, however I don't really agree with half of the stipulations in EULAs anyway. I'm fairly sure MS had trial DVDs online for Vista, you might want to check that out as well.

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Silver Win 7 badge The_Prophecy   11-12-2009 at 02:20:52 AM

I don't really agree with this either, but Microsoft only cares about this, because you don't get completely locked out of your computer after the 30 day grace period to activate the copy of Windows. The only thing that happens is it becomes more inconvenient to use your computer, due to the delay in logging in and occasional nag dialog asking you to buy a license.

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Rab1d-BDGR   11-12-2009 at 05:46:45 PM
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There may still be a chance of a 90 day trial of the enterprise edition here actually...

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us [...] 42495.aspx

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