Testing Windows 7 Beta

So I wanted to test Windows 7 after hearing some really great things about it. My problem is that I can't just walk away from Windows XP. Alas, we all eventually have to upgrade...here is the way you can do it easily and push it out on a VM:

1. Download windows 7: Windows 7 Beta
   
2. Download VMWare Free player: VMWare Player
   
3. Use EasyVMX to create your files: EasyVMX
   
4. Open up the vmdk with your free player
5. Run through the install (don't do an upgrade)

EasyVMX

1. Super-Simple for a quick way...or choose another option if you want sme finer details
2. Choose windows Vista as the operating system...64 or 32 bit depending on what your host OS is
3. Set memory...more you can spare the better
4. Tick the Live ISO CD checkbox at the bottom
5. Create and download

One last note is that you can always increase memory or change options in the My_Virtual_Machine_.vmx (or your name) file. Just open it up in notepad and change things like numvcpus or memsize.

Enjoy Windows 7!