The download took more than a couple of hours for me, but the speed and download time varies, depending on the current speed that you have. It could take less that a couple of hours if you have 3 mbps connection and up, and probably 3 hours or more if you have a less than 2 mbps connection.

The installation time amazed me, it only took a few minutes, and windows 7 was up and running. So, I expect that when the full version is released, with the OS media, installation is a breeze. One thing that I’d like to give MS a credit. Because installation of operating systems used to take such a long time, but with the current development, I guess they are going the right direction this time. I must say, Windows 7 is a fast working, good looking, and an improved OS.

MS and other Original Equipment Manufacturers just have to work on updating and having supported drivers. I am expecting a release of multitude of hotfixes soon, and hopefully it would cover up all the other hardware and software issues.  I want to see windows 7 develop until they release the full version. And so far, I’m ok with it, I am still lookiong forward to more though.