Microsoft OS Vista Beta 2 now available

petrym
petrym Posts: 1,912
edited April 2 in Clubhouse Archives
Microsoft is making a wide release available of Vista Beta 2. Demand is heavy, I got the
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited June 2006
    Didn't they just come out with XP two years ago? What else are they planning on doing to the OS? All about money if you ask me.

    XP is the first SOLID operating system in their last few, IMO. ME sucked, 2000 for Servers was ok, but XP seems very solid. Oh well. What do I know?
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited June 2006
    XP debuted on October of 2001.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited June 2006
    I know that I have no plans to upgrade. As you pointed out we JUST got a stable system! There is no way I'm going to risk **** it up with something new!
    Marantz AV-7705 PrePro, Classé 5 channel 200wpc Amp, Oppo 103 BluRay, Rotel RCD-1072 CDP, Sony XBR-49X800E TV, Polk S60 Main Speakers, Polk ES30 Center Channel, Polk S15 Surround Speakers SVS SB12-NSD x2
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  • BIZILL
    BIZILL Posts: 5,432
    edited June 2006
    are we not all prone to 'upgraditis'?

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    bobman1235 wrote:
    I have no facts to back that up, but I never let facts get in the way of my arguments.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited June 2006
    I'll definitely be upgrading. :)
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  • cnjvh
    cnjvh Posts: 253
    edited June 2006
    I'm running it now (MSDN). Best feature: Add a high speed USB storage device. A window pops asking if you want to use it as storage or RAM :-). Instantly expand your RAM to 5 gigs with a thumb drive.

    Has to be high speed USB 2 though - you dont get the option with USB 1.1.
    No earth robot is going to tell ME which button to press!!

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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited June 2006
    That's interesting. Is USB2.0 actually fast enough to effectively act as an extension of your RAM?
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
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  • cnjvh
    cnjvh Posts: 253
    edited June 2006
    Not as fast as onboard, but having alot of USB ram is faster than having a lesser amount of onboard RAM (keeps your system from paging to the HDD).
    No earth robot is going to tell ME which button to press!!

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  • cnjvh
    cnjvh Posts: 253
    edited June 2006
    Oh, Vista also allows you to connect to a network projector. I presume this means you can send /wmv content via TCP/IP to a network aware projector. No clue about max resolution though.
    No earth robot is going to tell ME which button to press!!

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    Sub: SVS PB10-ISD (Dual)
    AVR: Denon AVR-3805
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited June 2006
    I already have a gig of ram and i will wait untill all fo the patches come out before i upgrade
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  • honestaquarian
    honestaquarian Posts: 3,196
    edited June 2006
    WARNING-This is a BETA TEST version.Which means when the trial is over,you will likely have to BUY the real thing.Microsoft is not into giving anything away.Even to guinea pigs who do all of their test work for them.I am running Windows XP Professional x64(the 64 bit version)I started off using the trial version.Right before it was over the download manager stopped working and i couldn't download any new programs.I contacted Microsoft by e-mail to ask them where and how to get the regular version if it was available.This was last year.I have yet to hear back from them.I went and found it myself and had to purchase it.

    My computer:
    I built it myself
    Intel Pentium D 830 dual core 64 bit processor 3.0 GHZ 800Mhz FSB 2 MB L2 cache(1MB per core)
    Intel D945 GNT motherboard with 945G express chipset
    3 gigabytes of Kingston DDR2 ram at 533 Mhz
    250 gig Western Digital SATA hard drive
    Motorola Surfboard 5120 Cable modem(Purchased NOT rented)
    U.S.Robotics 5610B Dialup modem(with 64 bit drivers)
    Canon Pixma IP1500 printer(with 64 bit drivers)
    Creative Sound Blaster LIVE! 24 bit 7.1 channel sound card(with 64 bit drivers)
    Creative Webcam LIVE!(with 64 bit drivers)
    Polk powered computer speakers(OF COURSE)
    Windows XP Pro x64 OS
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  • cnjvh
    cnjvh Posts: 253
    edited June 2006
    Yes, it has a 12 month time bomb.
    No earth robot is going to tell ME which button to press!!

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    Center: Polk Audio CSi5
    Surrounds: Polk Audio RTi8 (x4)
    Sub: SVS PB10-ISD (Dual)
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  • honestaquarian
    honestaquarian Posts: 3,196
    edited June 2006
    cnjvh wrote:
    Yes, it has a 12 month time bomb.
    Is that what it says in the EULA(license agreement)?Or is that what it said on the website?They got ME that way too.The site said 6 months and the license agreement said 4 months.The download manager stopped working after 4.
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited June 2006
    My computer:
    I built it myself
    Intel Pentium D 830 dual core 64 bit processor 3.0 GHZ 800Mhz FSB 2 MB L2 cache(1MB per core)
    Intel D945 GNT motherboard with 945G express chipset
    3 gigabytes of Kingston DDR2 ram at 533 Mhz
    250 gig Western Digital SATA hard drive
    Motorola Surfboard 5120 Cable modem(Purchased NOT rented)
    U.S.Robotics 5610B Dialup modem(with 64 bit drivers)
    Canon Pixma IP1500 printer(with 64 bit drivers)
    Creative Sound Blaster LIVE! 24 bit 7.1 channel sound card(with 64 bit drivers)
    Creative Webcam LIVE!(with 64 bit drivers)
    Polk powered computer speakers(OF COURSE)
    Windows XP Pro x64 OS[/QUOTE]

    Very nice system im considering building a dual processer athlon hammer 64 system with water cooling as my next system
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited June 2006
    Fireman32 wrote:
    Very nice system im considering building a dual processer athlon hammer 64 system with water cooling as my next system
    Now that would be awesome!
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
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  • honestaquarian
    honestaquarian Posts: 3,196
    edited June 2006
    Fireman32 wrote:
    My computer:
    I built it myself
    Intel Pentium D 830 dual core 64 bit processor 3.0 GHZ 800Mhz FSB 2 MB L2 cache(1MB per core)
    Intel D945 GNT motherboard with 945G express chipset
    3 gigabytes of Kingston DDR2 ram at 533 Mhz
    250 gig Western Digital SATA hard drive
    Motorola Surfboard 5120 Cable modem(Purchased NOT rented)
    U.S.Robotics 5610B Dialup modem(with 64 bit drivers)
    Canon Pixma IP1500 printer(with 64 bit drivers)
    Creative Sound Blaster LIVE! 24 bit 7.1 channel sound card(with 64 bit drivers)
    Creative Webcam LIVE!(with 64 bit drivers)
    Polk powered computer speakers(OF COURSE)
    Windows XP Pro x64 OS

    Very nice system im considering building a dual processer athlon hammer 64 system with water cooling as my next system[/QUOTE]
    I have a server case with 6 total fans.One on the processor.One in the 400 watt power supply.Four in the case.Two are speed controlled by the mother board.
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  • Refefer
    Refefer Posts: 1,280
    edited June 2006
    My gaming machine has an antec case with 5x 120mm case fans. Talk about keeping it cool. But it needs it, those overclocked AMD X2's will get hot when you're cooling it with just air.

    My server computer is an old 700mhz athlon with 512mbs of ram. A bit slow, but it does the job.
    Lovin that music year after year.

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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited June 2006
    Oh yeah? Well my computer case has 34 260mm fans! And it can fly!!

    ;)
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • honestaquarian
    honestaquarian Posts: 3,196
    edited June 2006
    Lawd HEAL dis chowd!An hepp him ta see da LIGHT yes jesus!Can ag git a AMEN from da kwyah?
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited June 2006
    Haha. You do that well.

    Say, what do you on Sunday mornings? :p
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • markmarc
    markmarc Posts: 2,309
    edited June 2006
    RULE for beta testers. Use an extra pc for doing this, anything important keep on your regular pc. Beta's are notorious for inflicting pain on those who fail to heed this warning.
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited June 2006
    The reason i want to do watercooled is so i dont have so many fans. I want i nice quiet system. My current system had 6 fans whitch is quiet by most standards. I also plan on doing alot of other mods which i havent figured out yet
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  • petrym
    petrym Posts: 1,912
    edited June 2006
    Sorry I didn't make this clear earlier... Vista is Beta software, do not use on mission critical machines, your only home computer, or on solitary data storage!!!

    Okay? :o
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,786
    edited June 2006
    discussion from Ziff-Davis.
    http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1974261,00.asp

    It is "nice" how Microsoft "allows" us to get in on the ground floor of an OS development so that we can have "input" on its development.

    Guess we're cheaper than a villager in lower Bakilakistan, India.
    Sal Palooza
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  • petrym
    petrym Posts: 1,912
    edited June 2006
    That's what Win 95 was... a released beta version of Win 98, even *that* was screwed up from the beginning.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited June 2006
    Thats pretty cool about the RAM extension via USB. I'll upgrade, but probably not for a few years from now. I hate how 'spensive new computers are. Even to build.
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