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Posted by tribu on Jun-08-2006 21:07:

Windows Vista Beta 2 publically avaliable

Microsoft publically released the Windows Vista Beta 2 today. You will need a Microsoft Live ID as well as 1.0 GHz processing power, 512 MB RAM, DirectX9. Check it out by visiting MS' Vista site, but beware, servers have been swamped all day.

Posted by washout on Jun-08-2006 21:07:

screenshots ??

Posted by bas on Jun-08-2006 21:08:

Have you used it yet?

Posted by washout on Jun-08-2006 21:09:

whatever happened to longhorn ??

Posted by BTG on Jun-08-2006 21:28:

isn't longhorn - vista?

anyways servers are too busy to process my download so i gota wait

Posted by Aquarian on Jun-09-2006 01:22:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvis...es/default.mspx

Looks interesting. Fancy new graphics, useful features... I wonder how many bugs and security loopholes it'll have.

Posted by superglo on Jun-09-2006 02:04:

My mates office has been running Vista for the last couple of months and from what he says it's pretty nice and stable but you need lots and lots of processing power and ram to make it run smoothly though.

Posted by Nell on Jun-09-2006 02:34:

just started downloading it now, looking forward to trying this out
i'm going to buy another hard drive and install it on that so i can keep my XP setup seperate just in case (would of partitioned but not enough space).

p.s i noticed if you select the 'downlaod with your own download manager' it's just a direct link that seems to always work, unlike the 'Akamai Download Manager' version.

Posted by venomX on Jun-09-2006 02:37:

gonna try installing it today using vmware, dont feel like fux0rin up my laptop with a beta.

Posted by Marc Summers on Jun-09-2006 02:46:

quote:
Originally posted by washout
whatever happened to longhorn ??

longhorn was the codename for vista before it was revealed to the public.

Posted by kadomony on Jun-09-2006 04:43:

wtf its only letting me get the dvd

Posted by Ian on Jun-09-2006 12:49:

I'd have to say I'm sceptical mainly because of all of the bugs & holes there usually are. Until this is proven to be stable & solid & compatible, i'll give it a miss

Posted by THE_Chris on Jun-09-2006 12:50:

I've heard rumours that Vista is a total cop out and most of the promised features have been scrapped or cut back severely.

Apparently its security is really annoying, with up to six popup boxes to delete even a shortcut.

Halo 2 PC is gonna be Vista only I think, which will get lots of people to upgrade.

I'm sticking to XP for the time being tho.

Posted by eXo on Jun-09-2006 16:15:

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
I'd have to say I'm sceptical mainly because of all of the bugs & holes there usually are. Until this is proven to be stable & solid & compatible, i'll give it a miss

Beta's aren't meant to be uber stable, and without many bugs.

That's why it's beta.

Posted by Coup on Jun-09-2006 22:03:

long live linux. seems like vista will be requiring most people to upgrade their PC just run it. Windows is not a program, Windows is there to make everything else work, it is not required to eat the resources of a high class 3d game.

Posted by eXo on Jun-09-2006 22:47:

quote:
Originally posted by Coup
long live linux. seems like vista will be requiring most people to upgrade their PC just run it. Windows is not a program, Windows is there to make everything else work, it is not required to eat the resources of a high class 3d game.

Well said!

Posted by Marc Summers on Jun-09-2006 22:55:

Posted by plaxx on Jun-10-2006 01:20:

quote:
Originally posted by Ian
I'd have to say I'm sceptical mainly because of all of the bugs & holes there usually are. Until this is proven to be stable & solid & compatible, i'll give it a miss

oh come on, unless youre a mac/*nix user, you're gonna end up using it eventually. i remember saying the same thing about windows XP

Posted by Aquarian on Jun-10-2006 01:31:

Except XP was a big improvement on every prevous version of windows - especially millenium!

Posted by venomX on Jun-10-2006 02:56:

XP wasnt that big of an improvement on Windows 2000, mostly it was just on driver issues and compatibility, the stability of XP relies alot on the solidness of 2000. Also when linux gets a good enough driver base and games i wouldnt mind using it. And yes i've used various distributions for a while but it gets annoying after a while, ever heard of user friendliness?

Posted by tc-fan on Jun-10-2006 06:19:

i heard from some people that its actually gonna kick ass when it comes out...

Posted by Magnus on Jun-10-2006 07:10:

I installed it and checked it out this week. Looks pretty slick and lots of cool window effects.

Posted by enferno on Jun-10-2006 07:29:

quote:
Originally posted by Aquarian
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvis...es/default.mspx

Looks interesting. Fancy new graphics, useful features... I wonder how many bugs and security loopholes it'll have.

probably more than most people can count whilst sober

Posted by DJ Shibby on Jun-10-2006 22:55:

I heard that Vista didn't allow you to play mp3s that you don't legally purchase...

is this hearsay or is there any truth in this? I'm assuming the former.

Posted by Yan on Jun-10-2006 22:57:

quote:
Originally posted by THE_Chris
Halo 2 PC is gonna be Vista only I think, which will get lots of people to upgrade.

That's spot on.

A bit disappointing but what can you do?

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