WV is out!

[cahult]

A beta version of Windows Vista is out and ready for testers. Although only a beta version it is big, 2,47 gigs!

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.mspx (Annorax edit: MSDN subscription required to download, good luck getting a LEGAL copy...)

Here

[Lead Head]

i am going to download it and see if it will run on my 266MHz K6-2 machine

[adiment]

I'm not aware of the legal issues behind windows vista beta, but I hope that link is legal.

Also, who would want to run a beta OS?

[Lead Head]

i do to see how much CPU power it needs to run it, because in the screen shots it has way to much eyecandy

[xyle_one]

Isn't it supposed to scale based on system configuration, so if your system is underpowered, it adjusts itself? Or was that another thing they removed in order to push the product out?

[Lead Head]

i dont no but from screen shots i have seen, there is so much eyecandy and the each button is like an 1/8 of the screen. i am downloading it and i am going to way underclock my ststem snd see what happens.

[WMD]

Isn't it supposed to scale based on system configuration, so if your system is underpowered, it adjusts itself?

Yeah, but they don't think it'll scale down to below 1GHz machines.

[Lead Head]

ok i looked around and their are 2 version a 32bit and a 64bit version

the 32bit version is 2.47 gigs and the 64bit one is 1.76 gigs, strange

[solemnwarning]

ok i looked around and their are 2 version a 32bit and a 64bit version

the 32bit version is 2.47 gigs and the 64bit one is 1.76 gigs, strange

its cos the 1 gig of space is the code for spying on u, maybe they aint ported it to 64bit yet

[MrX]

I'm not aware of the legal issues behind windows vista beta, but I hope that link is legal.

Also, who would want to run a beta OS?

Go cry in the corner.

[Lead Head]

downloaded it, loaded onto old harddrive put in K-6 machine and it said during boot NTLDR not found pres control alt delete to restart, well at least it wasnt my comp that i use

[Lead Head]

its cos the 1 gig of space is the code for spying on u, maybe they aint ported it to 64bit yet

 
the code might 64bit native and they had to add extra code to make it run on 32bit machines but your explanation is more likely

[adiment]

Go cry in the corner.

if you don't have anything contributing to post, don't post it.

[Annorax]

if you don't have anything contributing to post, don't post it.

THANK YOU. I've been waiting for someone to say this for weeks. (Not just to MsX, but in general.)

[solemnwarning]

the code might 64bit native and they had to add extra code to make it run on 32bit machines but your explanation is more likely