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Attendees at upcoming Microsoft Developer Conferences (MDC) will receive a Windows 7 Beta 1 DVD, the software giant announced Tuesday.
Microsoft will host 11 MDCs from Dec. 9 until Feb. 19 in cities throughout the country. Attendance costs $99 per person.
"All attendees will receive a Windows 7 Beta 1 DVD," according to a note on the MDC Web site.
DVDs will not be immediately available for those attending the December sessions in Houston, Orlando, and Atlanta, but Microsoft "will have DVDs mailed to them when they become available."
Microsoft will, however, have DVDs on hand for the January and February sessions, which will hit Chicago, Minneapolis, Washington, New York, Boston, Detroit, Dallas, and San Francisco.
In addition to tutorials on Windows 7, the MDCs will also include sessions on Windows Azure, Microsoft SQL data services, Silverlight 2, the "Oslo" modeling platform, and Visual Studio 2010.
No word on when non-MDC attendees will get their hands on Windows 7 Beta 1.
Microsoft provided a first glimpse of Windows 7 for developers earlier this year the Microsoft Developers Conference and WinHEC. The release is not markedly different from Windows Vista, but does enhance the ways in which users can interact with the OS, including new networking discovery features and multimedia playback.
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Microsoft will host 11 MDCs from Dec. 9 until Feb. 19 in cities throughout the country. Attendance costs $99 per person.
"All attendees will receive a Windows 7 Beta 1 DVD," according to a note on the MDC Web site.
DVDs will not be immediately available for those attending the December sessions in Houston, Orlando, and Atlanta, but Microsoft "will have DVDs mailed to them when they become available."
Microsoft will, however, have DVDs on hand for the January and February sessions, which will hit Chicago, Minneapolis, Washington, New York, Boston, Detroit, Dallas, and San Francisco.
In addition to tutorials on Windows 7, the MDCs will also include sessions on Windows Azure, Microsoft SQL data services, Silverlight 2, the "Oslo" modeling platform, and Visual Studio 2010.
No word on when non-MDC attendees will get their hands on Windows 7 Beta 1.
Microsoft provided a first glimpse of Windows 7 for developers earlier this year the Microsoft Developers Conference and WinHEC. The release is not markedly different from Windows Vista, but does enhance the ways in which users can interact with the OS, including new networking discovery features and multimedia playback.
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$99 is for attending the conference. 
