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Windows Vista Beta 2 Available for Public Download
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| June 7, 2006
| Brandon Hill
Posted on 06/07/2006 8:28:14 PM PDT by Echo Talon
Step right up and download Microsoft's latest and greatest
Well, here it is folks. After announcing the availability of Vista Beta 2 for developers and IT professional two weeks ago, the latest build is now available for public download.
MSBLOG reports that the English, German and Japanese builds are available in x86 and x64 versions. You will have to download the 3GB+ ISO file with a download manager provided by Akamai Technologies.
Considering that this is a huge software release for consumers, be sure to post in the comments sections about your thoughts/experiences/likes/dislikes about the new operating system. I've been using it for the past week and have generally been impressed so I'm eager to see what you guys think.
Go to the link if you want the download
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To: Echo Talon
To: martin_fierro
well, its free if anyone wants to give it a test drive, remember its still beta
To: martin_fierro
WinXP Service Pack 3 will be a resource-hogging general disappointment.
My next OS is non-MS.
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posted on
06/07/2006 9:26:10 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(I just love that woman.)
To: N3WBI3
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posted on
06/07/2006 9:27:11 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(I just love that woman.)
To: Echo Talon
"Seriesly"....What would be the advantage of downloading it now?
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posted on
06/07/2006 10:54:45 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
To: Dallas59
advantage? not sure of any advantage... but if you're curious as to what Vista "might" be like at release you can. The non-beta release will run faster and be less buggy of course, this will just give you an idea(although not complete idea) of what it will be like on release.
To: rdb3; chance33_98; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; Bush2000; PenguinWry; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; ...
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posted on
06/08/2006 5:39:49 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Petronski
My next OS is non-MS.
9
posted on
06/08/2006 5:42:10 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: Echo Talon
well, its free if anyone wants to give it a test drive, remember its still beta I might give it a play in a VM. But if I really wanted to use it, I'd just use OS X instead.
To: antiRepublicrat
But if I really wanted to use it, I'd just use OS X instead. Agreed. There is nothing I can do in Windows that I cannot do in Fedora. That includes the games I enjoy.
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posted on
06/08/2006 6:09:48 AM PDT
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: antiRepublicrat
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posted on
06/08/2006 11:41:39 AM PDT
by
rzeznikj at stout
(ASCII and ye shall receive... (Computers 3:14))
To: Petronski
Vista and SP3 are actually separate...
... if you can believe it.
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posted on
06/08/2006 6:31:07 PM PDT
by
Terpfen
To: Petronski
I suggest
Ubuntu. 2 out of my 3 computers run it, and very happily.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
06/09/2006 3:09:17 AM PDT
by
MadIvan
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: Echo Talon
Windows Vista Beta 2 Available for Public DownloadNo thank you.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
06/09/2006 3:10:11 AM PDT
by
MadIvan
(I aim to misbehave.)
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