Windows Vista Beta 1

[Trek234]

dvd burner for $20  where?

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Older DVD burners are dirt cheap now. For example, go to ebay and type "5002 Toshiba" You can get one for 9 dollars. One dollar to win it, eight to pay shipping.

I have one of them. Very old, but works well. 2X dvd-r writing and 1X dvd-rw writing. It will get the job done.

Other models are also cheap if you want to look through the listings. The 5002 just came to mind as it's what I have.

[mlerner]

So Microsoft are only releasing DVD ISOs?

Mmm one wonders how he going to install without a DVD burner :unsure:

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Create a new partition on your harddrive, mount the ISO image in Windows using any of the virtual image programs and copy the files to a folder on your harddrive and run setup.

[sachleen]

OOO, just got home, I cant wait to get my hands on it. :woot: :woot: :woot:

[Roger H. Veteran]

MSDN is a subscribtion, i think it's yearly?

[Neil]

http://www.provantage.com/buy-22062405-mic...on-shopping.htm

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Can I get a student discount on that?

[neufuse Veteran]

It's 2pm in Redmont, WA.. do you know where your software is?

[Mr. Dee]

Strange, one of the screenshots look like its installing Internet Explorer on Windows 95.

[Lexcyn]

It's 2pm in Redmont, WA.. do you know where your software is?

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EXACTLY what I'm thinking. Hurry up, MS. :ninja:

[Hurmoth]

Can I get a student discount on that?

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There is an academic version of it: http://www.provantage.com/buy-7MSOA2HU-msd...28-shopping.htm

[saxondale.]

Hey i just got back from home, can someone update me? im still pending, whats the news?

[harrisonh1]

Redmont? where's that :-P

[Hurmoth]

Hey i just got back from home, can someone update me? im still pending, whats the news?

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This is current:

Summary

- Vista Beta 1 is out, currently only to those people who have MSDN access

- Screenshots of the final Beta build are still few and far between as people download the Win32 (~2.5 GB) and x64 (~1.7 GB) ISO dvd images from Microsoft. Most like Paul Thurott's are from pre-beta 1 or the 5203 screenshot leak. Microsoft posted a few on their presspass site

- Several Microsoft sites have gone live including:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/default.mspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/windowsvista

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/default.mspx

- A video talking about the beta has been posted on Channel9

- Connect beta users should have access sometime later today

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[P!P]

Hey i just got back from home, can someone update me? im still pending, whats the news?

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MSDN users have it. Beta testers still don't have it but it's still fairly early. MS Connect has so minor changes made to it about 15 minutes ago.

[xDarkstar]

Go go go Microsoft!!!

[sachleen]

^^^ isn't it Redmond?

[Neil]

There is an academic version of it: http://www.provantage.com/buy-7MSOA2HU-msd...28-shopping.htm

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Looks a bit old and is only version 6.0?

[Hurmoth]

Looks a bit old and is only version 6.0?

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The version doesn't really matter... content in the box is newer, but you get the exact same thing in the subscription (which is all that really matters).

[Mx]

BETA IS UP!

Edit: No, they just made it seem as if it is :(

[Poof]

Wow... So the program name changed again... Actually, I'm in a completely different program. (Windows Code Name 'Longhorn') As the program start date changed to June 1st now instead of July something.

*Sigh* I want ACTIVE!!!!

[BlinX]

BETA IS UP!

Edit: No, they just made it seem as if it is:((

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Dont lie then.:pp

[Lexcyn]

BETA IS UP!

Edit: No, they just made it seem as if it is:((

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*dies*

[harrisonh1]

Did you post before editing that? lol

[daimon]

BETA IS UP!

Edit: No, they just made it seem as if it is:((

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Lol, I was screaming in the room

Just for a sec tho

[depl0y]

Woei, having MSDN sometimes pays off :p

Too bad it's only going with 3.3 k/s right now :(

[Lexcyn]

Umm not to burst anyone's bubble ...

If I click on Details in connect, this is what it says:

Program Start Date - 6/1/2005