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Dec 2008
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Windows 7 Beta download will be available before January 5th

Ed Bott, a good friend of mine, recently predicted that Windows 7 Beta bits are going to be publicly unveiled on January 13, during CES. Some late night scrounging around revealed that Windows 7 could be available sooner — via download links slipped into the next Microsoft Action Pack Subscription quarterly update kit, which starts shipping January 5, 2009. Word internally is that the beta build was already baked a while ago, we just have to be patient.

Update (Dec 23): Microsoft has removed all mention of Windows 7 Beta.

MAPS Kit Contents ScreenshotScreenshot of MAPS kit contents. The superscript 5 means “download only”. No DVDs.