[Jay Chou]

has anyone tried windows vista beta 2?
its free for download from the microsoft site:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/preview.mspx

[CK92842]

has anyone tried windows vista beta 2?
its free for download from the microsoft site:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/preview.mspx

I will try it once there is enough bandwidth to go around but the other option to have the disc shipped to your home is a total of $6. It just pays to be patient.

[putasmileon]

Wah... I wanna see what it's like but I just got a Mac. I guess I could try it on my old VAIO. Tell me what it's like.

[Adionik]

I was trying to DL it earlier but I had to leave. I might let it run tonight.

edit. does it become useless after a month of use or something? time limit on it?

[Jay Chou]

time limit is until 6/2007 or something.
will the beta version have a lot of problems? will it run the software i'm currently using? thats what i'm worried about.

[CK92842]

time limit is until 6/2007 or something.
will the beta version have a lot of problems? will it run the software i'm currently using? thats what i'm worried about.

The wise thing to do, partition a drive and install Vista on that.

[HT2791]

i'd totally do it but i dno't have a dvd burner.
pity.

but i would totally try dual booting..

[res0nate]

Install a virtual machine, throw vista on that and dual boot.

[CK92842]

That's the least of his worries, waiting 2-4 weeks for the DVD to arrive at his doorstep is a major one.

[NASRI22]

my pc wont run it... venice 3200, 1GB corsair ddr500, 6600gt agp.. nah i'll wait till i get a new computer.. windows xp will last me till then.

[siyomay]

what are the minimum requirements to run the windows vista beta 2?

[NASRI22]

what are the minimum requirements to run the windows vista beta 2?

they wont release that till Nov 06..
i'm guessing... they have something real low like Athlon/Pentium 4 1.5ghz, 512MB ram, 32mb video card.

but recommended will be like
Athlon 64/P4 3ghz, 2GB ram, 256MB video card DX9

source: microsoft.com

[DAnonymous1]

what are the minimum requirements to run the windows vista beta 2?

Windows Vista Minimum Supported System Requirements
Processor 800 MHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor1
System Memory 512 MB
GPU SVGA (800x600)
Graphics Memory -
HDD 20 GB
HDD Free Space 15 GB
Optical Drive CD-ROM drive2
Audio -
Internet -
1) Processor speed is specified as the nominal operational processor frequency for the device. Some processors have power management which allows the processor to run at a lower rate to save power.
2) The CD-ROM may be external (not integral, not built into the system).

At least that's what it says as of right now for Vista. For the beta right now though, you'd need a DVD-ROM drive, I think. I don't think they have CD-ROM versions. You can also check the Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor beta if you want to see if your system can run the beta and what drivers would still work.

[CK92842]

Yep, it was posted on the website linked to all of us.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/capable.mspx

I find it strange that you can't run it though tomacko.source.net, I'm willing to give it a shot though I might have to resort to usenet downloads.

[Tepper]

ya.. tomacko.. I'm gunna try ruunning it on my desktop.. an old 2800+ Barton with Radeon 9800 Pro and 1GB of PC-2700... super speeeeeed.

[CK92842]

Well just checked newsgroups and a serial is appointed to each DL, so using a pirated OS would make no sense as I'm sure restrictions will be made when there is more than one user updating OS software with the same key.

Also to those interested, you can run the Vista upgrade advisor.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getr...or/default.mspx

[Tepper]

Well it seems to run fine on my computer.. I don't have anything installed on it though, but Aero is running and everything on my old clunker and its not choking up at all.

[Adionik]

Damn. Looks like a beautifully congested OS.

But seriously. It looks good. And bloated.

[Jay Chou]

do you guys recommending doing it with 512mb of memory?

[philmein]

512 mb is just the minimum requirement for the Vista. So you'll be able to run it but it won't be too quick.

However, for optimum speed, 1 GB of RAM is necessary.