Vista Beta 2

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As you may, or may not have heard - Windows Vista is in its Beta 2 stage and is available for public evaluation.

I decided to download it after reading many forum posts that said it was actually good. It seems that after all the bad press, people are coming round to the idea that it may be worth upgrading to.

If you want to download it, head on over to the official Vista website, where you can get either the 32 or 64-bit version, on either DVD or via the web. One word of warning - it's over 4gb in size.

Microsoft have teamed up with a small company to give you a download manager to get it too. On first impressions, it looked like a Bit-torrent client!

I started downloading Vista yesterday morning, but after 19% it corrupted and ended the download. I then left it be for a good few hours, until I had another go. Luckily the 2nd try proved successful and I'm currently burning two copies of the 64-bit edition, for use in my new PC once it's finished. Hopefully there wont be any problems dual booting it, but you never know with beta stuff.

I'll let you know what how Vista Beta 2 installs and runs, once I get round to it.

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hmm interesting...I think it sounds alright, I just dont want to worry about using my pirate software (that i dont really have). Oh and i dont want to buy it, thats money you see.

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