If you were worried you wouldn’t be able to get the Windows 7 beta, your prayers have been answered.

When Microsoft originally announced they were releasing a beta version of their upcoming Windows 7, the public was told it would be limited to 2.5 million copies.  As people raced to be one of those lucky folks, their servers got overloaded and hardly anyone was getting their much desired copy.

In what appears to be a move to avoid even a whisper of bad publicity around the product that could possibly bring them out of the Vista duldrums they have been in, Microsoft has had a change of heart.  According to The Windows Blog, they have lifted the 2.5 million copy rule, and now made it a time based offer instead.  You have until January 24th to now download this test copy of the next Windows operating system.

We still stand by what we said in our original post that Windows 7 should not be installed if you only have one computer, but for those of you with an extra PC sitting in the corner, you may as well take it out for a spin.  Just remember, this copy expires at the end of July 2009.