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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft Software => Topic started by: cahult on 28 July 2005, 15:29

Title: WV is out!
Post by: cahult on 28 July 2005, 15:29

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

Title: Re: WV is out!
Post by: Lead Head on 28 July 2005, 15:31

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

Title: Re: WV is out!
Post by: adiment on 28 July 2005, 19:18

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?

Title: Re: WV is out!
Post by: Lead Head on 28 July 2005, 19:25

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

Title: Re: WV is out!
Post by: xyle_one on 28 July 2005, 19:30

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?

Title: Re: WV is out!
Post by: Lead Head on 28 July 2005, 19:38

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.

Title: Re: WV is out!
Post by: WMD on 29 July 2005, 01:20

Quote from: xyle_one

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.

Title: Re: WV is out!
Post by: Lead Head on 29 July 2005, 01:46

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

Title: Re: WV is out!
Post by: solemnwarning on 29 July 2005, 02:22

Quote from: Put_lead_in_gates_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

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

Title: Re: WV is out!
Post by: MrX on 29 July 2005, 05:03

Quote from: e7ement

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.

Title: Re: WV is out!
Post by: Lead Head on 29 July 2005, 06:43

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

Title: Re: WV is out!
Post by: Lead Head on 29 July 2005, 06:44

Quote from: solemnwarning

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

 
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

Title: Re: WV is out!
Post by: adiment on 29 July 2005, 08:46

Quote from: MrX

Go cry in the corner.

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

Title: Re: WV is out!
Post by: Annorax on 29 July 2005, 10:52

Quote from: e7ement

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.)

Title: Re: WV is out!
Post by: solemnwarning on 29 July 2005, 18:02

Quote from: Put_lead_in_gates_head

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

:)