Hi everyone.
It seems that we CAN use W7 until a retail version is released. Unless it was an almighty bo bo by Microsoft the 7057 build (best so far even in its X-32 incantation) doesn't expire until Mar 2010.
If the official RC1 expires before that I'm sure there will be some "Backporting" to build 7057.
Actually its strange that an X-64 version hasn't appeared yet as this is likely to be the future trend of OS'es.
Build 7057 installs very nicely on a 1GB netbook as well.
My Legal copy of Enterprise office activated without any problems on 7057 (I did a Clean install). All the drivers worked stright out of the box including TV cards, built in webcam and SD/MMC card reader.
Cheers
jimbo
It seems that we CAN use W7 until a retail version is released. Unless it was an almighty bo bo by Microsoft the 7057 build (best so far even in its X-32 incantation) doesn't expire until Mar 2010.
If the official RC1 expires before that I'm sure there will be some "Backporting" to build 7057.
Actually its strange that an X-64 version hasn't appeared yet as this is likely to be the future trend of OS'es.
Build 7057 installs very nicely on a 1GB netbook as well.
My Legal copy of Enterprise office activated without any problems on 7057 (I did a Clean install). All the drivers worked stright out of the box including TV cards, built in webcam and SD/MMC card reader.
Cheers
jimbo