According to an announcement on the company’s blog, “due to an enormous surge in demand,” the starting point for the Windows 7 Beta download was not that good, but once things were restored, the downloads went smoothly.

 

The only problem was that Microsoft had announced that there would only be 2.5 million keys for the new operating system, leaving the rest of the users with just a 30-day free trial period to test it.

 

However, the users’ enthusiasm convinced Microsoft to remove that limit, and leave the beta download open for the next two weeks, until January 24.

Users writing on Microsoft’s blog were happy about the announcement, but they did complain about one issue: the download would only work through Internet Explorer, which was a bit frustrating for users with Firefox or any other browser.

 

Aside from that, things are now smoothly as far as the download goes, and users have already begun reporting various issues. Problems with the operating system are expected to appear, since this remains a beta version.

 

But on a general note, the system has been reported to work well, although most users have decided not to install it on their day-to-day PCs, but rather as an alternative to the operating system they’re using at the moment.