[ale] The latest from Gigabyte

[Scott Castaline]

On 02/07/2011 04:59 PM, JD wrote:
> A few months ago, I found that MS has a trial version of Win7 Ent
> available online.  It runs long enough before you need to pay. It is a
> 4GB ISO. Here's the best link that I could find today:
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/cc442495
>
>
>
> On 02/07/2011 03:34 PM, Scott Castaline wrote:
>> On 02/07/2011 03:21 PM, Michael B. Trausch wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2011-02-07 at 14:56 -0500, Scott Castaline wrote:
>>>> We are unable to determine whether if there are driver available under
>>>> Linux since it is open source. Please attempt to test with Windows
>>>> based OS.
>>>>
>>>> Anyone have a copy of winblow$ they can loan me?
>>> Oy.
>>>
>>> I have a copy of Windows 7 Professional, retail.  It can be installed,
>>> but it'd have to be over-written/removed immediately after using it to
>>> test.
>>>
>>> If you'd be willing to bring your system out here, I'd be willing to
>>> throw it on, do whatever testing these asinine idiots are demanding, and
>>> remove it.
>>>
>>> 	--- Mike
>>>
>>>
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>> Where abouts do you live? I may be able to talk the boss, I mean wife
>> into either taking me or entrusting me with our buggy, er car. I have no
>> problem with the conditions and fully understand and support no
>> pirating, or potential of such activity.
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Just tried it. You have to go through an eval process before you can get 
it. Also they seem to only alow downloading either the 64 bit or the 32 
bit but not both. If my suspicions are right it may not run the 64bit 
but may run the 32bit. Also I seem to remember that they will deluge you 
with all sort of spam or marketing poop. Yeh, I admit, I was a M$ 
Fanboy, but that was in the days of Windows for 286 and and pre 3.1. I 
would get early eval copies of upcoming releases mailed to me as well as 
all kinds of material about upcoming software packages, but then I saw 
the light and went through rehab, and found that yes, one can have 
freedom of choice and compute too. It came in the form of LINUX and a 
strange looking, I think bird,,,,,,,


Sorry for the sidetrack, I tend to get a little delirious every once in 
a while.
Thanks for the link JD, but I got a little leary about it while going 
through the process, so backed out.