I have been attempting to download the Windows 7 beta for two days now and still have not been able to get it.  This is why torrents are so good.  Is there any advantage with the registered beta that you don’t have with the one on the Pirate Bay.  This is were Microsoft doesn’t get it.  They should have released this thing on the torrents themselves and just have given away the product keys.  That would have lessened the server load and allow more people to get it, often at higher speeds than they would have with an HTTP download.