Do we in acting as ginea pigs for Redmond and submitting all our feedback regarding the product plusstretching/testing W7 qualify for a discounted copy of W7 after our beta's run out in August 2009?Regardsbugga2

No. Your participation in beta testing Windows 7 is strictly voluntary.Thank you for your question!Carey Frisch

Sadly, No. You agree to participate on a voluntary basis and for no reward.John Barnett MVP: Windows XP Associate Expert: Windows Desktop Experience: Web: http://www.winuser.co.uk Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org

There has been no official statement from Microsoft one way or the other in this matter.

Everyone can have 1 version of Windows 7 release candidate in May this year valid for 1 year.....I think...???Old Mig15 pilot.

As pretty much everyone else has said, no... You don't get a free or discounted copy. BUT... You CAN get access to such - if you sign up for Technet Plus. Technet Plus is a subscription based service offered by Microsoft that gives subscribers access to pretty much everything Microsoft has ever released. That's including past versions of Windows, Office and other business software. The software is "non-expiring trial software" meaning it's for your personal evaluation and you can use it but it's not going to expire like regular free evaluation versions offered by Microsoft. You also get free support calls. It will only cost you $349 USD.

http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/03/windows-7-rc-download-page-goes-up-early-coming-in-may.arsOld Mig15 pilot.

I'm assuming this is pretty much the same for MSDN Premium members correct?

Jess,If you're referring to what I was talking about - the unlimited test versions - then, I believe yes, that would be the case.

Thanks and yes it was, having finally been able to afford a membership at a special pricedue to being a student I'm still learning what we can do etc. hehe

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itprogeneral/thread/366b3377-3f24-425b-969a-b8ea5a16ca54/ However, another public release is due (dates range from 10 April to end of May) so all I can suggest is that you keep an eye on the newsgroups and download the release candidate when it is released. John Barnett MVP: Windows XP Associate Expert: Windows Desktop Experience: Web: http://www.winuser.co.uk; Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org; Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org;Old Mig15 pilot.