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How to get your Vista Beta 2 key View here:
http://bartysblog.be/content/get-your-w ... keys-early

Go to the Windows Vista site to sign up for your serial or order your DVD package
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/g ... eview.mspx

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ok thanks i wanted to try this windows build

I wouldn't waste the time, effort or bandwidth to try this thing because I know linux is better

I am not going to download this in my life. IF it comes with my computer, fine, but I'm not downloading it. It's four freakin' GB and they give you a shitty little download manager that I don't need at all. I prefer linux now that I've used it somewhat, but Windows is so much easier to use, lol. I think Vista is going to have alot of problems when it comes out. I'm sticking with XP until they fix 99% of them.

bat wrote:I wouldn't waste the time, effort or bandwidth to try this thing because I know linux is better

It's not just because linux is better... Vista takes off a great amount of RAM. So the system will slow down incredibly...

I tried the old Vista pre-beta and it was a total failure... i don't think this one is better ^^

F4B10Z wrote:

bat wrote:I wouldn't waste the time, effort or bandwidth to try this thing because I know linux is better

It's not just because linux is better... Vista takes off a great amount of RAM. So the system will slow down incredibly...

I tried the old Vista pre-beta and it was a total failure... i don't think this one is better ^^

Oh believe me, I know, when the prebeta came out and I installed it on one of my test boxes (athlon 1900+ with 512 meg of ram) it hardly worked. I couldn't get any programs to run reliably and the whole thing was sort of choppy... I think vista will be a total failure, especially when one considers that microsoft just had to revamp it's whole windows development team because nothing new had been done since 2k1. So now they are under pressure from the parent company to get something out, but a rushed software development is no development at all. It will probably result in more bad publicity and a worstening of microsoft's reputation with computer users everywhere and, as a result, increased use of linux.

bat wrote:It will probably result in more bad publicity and a worstening of microsoft's reputation with computer users everywhere and, as a result, increased use of linux.

You wish, a Vista failure would only result in increased use of XP.. Or return back to it.

Windows final builds are buggy, I don't want to know what a beta is like.

Thanks dude!!

its beta only? anyone knows a full version of windows vesta?

It's not finished yet..

Vista will be released some time after Christmas.

Vista dissapointed me greatly, i was able to obtain the newest build recently, it was basically windows hybred wtih mac, and it would be fine, but it killed my system (under 512 megs of ram is not reccomended!) The gadgets were basically the mac widgets. So my opinion is at this point its not worth the bandwith.

for you guys palladium is a real danger???? ive no idea of it!

The problem with Vista is that is a RAM and resource eater, and I think that downloading now is not a quite good idea. You waste time downloading it because you get a buggy and slow sh*t that only runs good with a super machine.