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Pick up a pre-release copy of Windows 7 for just a few thousand dollars
by Brad Linder Sep 25th 2008 at 2:00PM
Want to get your hands on an early version of Windows 7, with its slightly tweaked user interface, Windows Media Player lite (pictured right), and shiny new calculator? No problem. Microsoft is giving pre-release copies of Windows 7 away.All you need to do is attend one of two Microsoft conferences in the next two months. You can either register fro the Professional Developer Conference in Los Angeles in late October or the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in LA in early November. Oh, did I mention that registration fees range from a few hundred to a few thousand dollars?
Right, so odds are most of us aren't going to be able to take this opportunity to pick up a copy of Windows 7. But the fact that Microsoft is preparing to show it off and to make it more widely available is a pretty good indication that development of the next generation Windows operating system is coming along at a nice pace.
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...
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Drew Green said 2:04PM on 9-25-2008
Or you can get it for free on Bit Torrent shortly after the conference is over.
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Jash Sayani said 8:56AM on 9-26-2008
Just what I was going to say !
iampriteshdesai said 2:26PM on 9-25-2008
Who wants to buy an half baked OS which will be crappy for $1000?
I'd rather use Ubuntu or buy a Mac!
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kingkool68 said 2:28PM on 9-25-2008
Clearly you are missing the aim of this. It is for DEVELOPERS that would actually want to go out and develop software for the new OS.
kp said 5:03PM on 9-25-2008
I only buy half baked OSs.
IHATEMACS said 8:21AM on 11-19-2008
I hate MACs. This OS will be a revolution when the full release is out.
So Bite me Apple Fanboys! YOU ARE GOING DOWN!
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