Windows Vista Beta 1

[golazo]

Dont be stupid

what is so stupid about that?.

[Mx]

Dont be stupid

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Well said.

[thetman]

i havnt seen this question asked, are they doing beta of a x86 and 64bit versions or is that later down the road

[mikebeech]

hey hey, just wondering how you get to beta something like this, what do you have to do to be picked to beta longhorn?

Cheers Mike.

[NeoXY]

haha...that means I'm not going to get it till tomorow!...:laugh:

if youre 11PM UK time is correct, than it'll be....6AM Thursday before I get my copy....

[timsweb]

Dont be stupid

586279591[/snapback]

How is that stupid?

what is so stupid about that?.

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Thank you

Well said.

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How is that stupid?

[heslo]

How do we know the ISO is going to be ~2GB? Has MS come out and said so?

[+dave164 Subscriber¹]

How do we know the ISO is going to be ~2GB? Has MS come out and said so?

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I recon it will be about 650mb probably..

Rofl and then connect goes down untill morning :p

[Spartan_X]

i havnt seen this question asked, are they doing beta of a x86 and 64bit versions or is that later down the road

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32bit, x64 and Itanium at the same time. :woot:

I also have the option to apply for clients and servers, dunno if everybody else got the same survey as I did. :happy:

as for people who asked for the media on DVD AFAIK you probably don't an option to download from Connect because you clearly stated on the survey that you rather have the media mailed to you. :pinch: :rolleyes: :shifty:

[JCMoo]

It will probably take a while to leak because the ISO's are supposedly heavily tagged... Plus, someone has to physically package it necessarily and check before leaking it. :)

[Amnesia]

holy crap, a friend of mine works as a developer for a company (they developed UKs Defence Network among other things) He's said that Vista was announced to him months ago.

Hopefully I can get a copy of this Beta.

[pzykotic]

Microsoft Beta products are always released around the same time during the day. Now (6am PST) is very OBVIOUSLY not the time. If they are releasing today, it will be between 12 and 6pm PST.

[golazo]

i think it might be a 700 mb download packaged in .rar :p

[gutsa]

It has not been released yet. MSDN subscribers have keys, or so they say, but there is no image yet. Yes, there will be a 32-bit and 64-bit version (but I do not know when the 64-bit will be up) Be careful with the 64-bit versions as I beleive the device drivers will have the same issues as with XP Pro x64. Becoming a beta tester? I started with small things and over time improved my abillities and learned. My speciality was always with the end user. I've done WMPlayer 9, Office XP, Office 2003, XP Pro, Baseline Security 2.0, MSN (multiple), and a few other little things here and there. I am currently begging for the Office 12 64-bit Beta. They keep a record of their testes to make sure they are not just on the program. You have to be an active participant throughout a project to be invited back. Of course, you can always apply to be a tester at the beta site. It even says on the front what name to enter. As for the size, MS has gone to DVD disks only so I would imagine that it is over 700MB at least. Anyway, as of 8:00 CST there is no beta out yet. Stay calm, too much coffee will drive you nuts. Tea though, thats the good stuff.

~Howdy from Texas ya'll!

~G

[timsweb]

the rumor have already said it will be about 2gb, as more that half of it will be drivers this time

[hajj_3]

nice thinking semz, nice .rar, .r00, .r01 and it to be released on torrent sites lol, hope its leaked quickly, i wanna give it a whirl before i format.

[Hurmoth]

32bit, x64 and Itanium at the same time.  :woot:

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Why are they releasing a server processor version of a desktop OS? I can understand Windows Server 2007 being made for the Itanium, but not Windows Vista :unsure:

[JCDerrick]

Microsoft Beta products are always released around the same time during the day. Now (6am PST) is very OBVIOUSLY not the time. If they are releasing today, it will be between 12 and 6pm PST.

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I think it's already been released. We (PRO) got a source that says it has been for sure.

[+dave164 Subscriber¹]

Will drivers for Windows XP such as wireless lan drivers work on Vista?

If it does i might even consider using Vista as a primary OS :p

[Mx]

It is also quite large because of all the debug code they used to fix bugs for Beta 1. :) By Beta 2, etc, it'll be much thinner in size.

[Mx]

Will drivers for Windows XP such as wireless lan drivers work on Vista?

If it does i might even consider using Vista as a primary OS :p

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Yes they will be lol.

[D1g1talMan]

Question for you all: On my connect site, it lists the "Longhorn" and IE7 beta under "Current Active Sites", but nothing under "Program Participtation Status". I take it that all I have to do is wait?

[saxondale.]

actually, it sounds they dont want me:

Status Program Application Date Details Next Action

Pending Windows code name "Longhorn" Beta Program 7/18/2005 Details Decline Participation

Whats up with that..i can click on the decline but i dont want to

[jphillips59]

Why are they releasing a server processor version of a desktop OS? I can understand Windows Server 2007 being made for the Itanium, but not Windows Vista :unsure:

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They are releasing Longhorn Server today also.....

And I heard between 3 and 4pm PST today....so don't be too upset it isn't available right at 3

[NeoXY]

D..V...D.....someone wanna donate money to the Dark Kyuubi foundation for a DVD Burner?..:p