http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/beta+1 used for category lists, takes arguments en http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/rumor_windows_7_beta_1_december <!--paging_filter--><p>Usually all auguries of keenly anticipated technologies originate from anonymous sources, and yet excitement mounts with every unsubstantiated bit of news. Keeping that tradition alive, rumors related to Windows 7 are escalating. Now, according to a report on ZDNet, <a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1582">Windows 7 beta 1 won’t arrive in October/November, as the website previously speculated, but in December</a>.</p> <p>The report that cites unnamed sources – no surprises – further claims that Microsoft has supplied some of its most intimate customers and partners with alpha builds of the OS designated M1 and M2 (M stands for milestone); M3 is in the works per the sources. A beta release by the end of this year will almost ensure the release of Windows 7 in late 2009 or early 2010; therefore, this delay won’t have a huge impact on Windows 7 release plans.</p> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="/files/u46168/windows_7.jpg" width="350" height="263" /></div> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/rumor_windows_7_beta_1_december#comments News beta 1 m1 m2 m3 microsoft milestone Release rumor Software windows 7 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:57:06 -0500 Pulkit Chandna 3528 at http://www.maximumpc.com