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Windows Vista Beta 2 Available for Public Download
Daily Tech ^ | June 7, 2006 | Brandon Hill

Posted on 06/07/2006 8:28:14 PM PDT by Echo Talon

Step right up and download Microsoft's latest and greatest

Well, here it is folks. After announcing the availability of Vista Beta 2 for developers and IT professional two weeks ago, the latest build is now available for public download.

MSBLOG reports that the English, German and Japanese builds are available in x86 and x64 versions. You will have to download the 3GB+ ISO file with a download manager provided by Akamai Technologies.

Considering that this is a huge software release for consumers, be sure to post in the comments sections about your thoughts/experiences/likes/dislikes about the new operating system. I've been using it for the past week and have generally been impressed so I'm eager to see what you guys think.

Go to the link if you want the download


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1 posted on 06/07/2006 8:28:15 PM PDT by Echo Talon
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To: Echo Talon

No thanks.


2 posted on 06/07/2006 9:24:44 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: martin_fierro

well, its free if anyone wants to give it a test drive, remember its still beta


3 posted on 06/07/2006 9:25:23 PM PDT by Echo Talon
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To: martin_fierro

WinXP Service Pack 3 will be a resource-hogging general disappointment.

My next OS is non-MS.


4 posted on 06/07/2006 9:26:10 PM PDT by Petronski (I just love that woman.)
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To: N3WBI3

Aeroping


5 posted on 06/07/2006 9:27:11 PM PDT by Petronski (I just love that woman.)
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To: Echo Talon

"Seriesly"....What would be the advantage of downloading it now?


6 posted on 06/07/2006 10:54:45 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: Dallas59
advantage? not sure of any advantage... but if you're curious as to what Vista "might" be like at release you can. The non-beta release will run faster and be less buggy of course, this will just give you an idea(although not complete idea) of what it will be like on release.
7 posted on 06/07/2006 11:04:00 PM PDT by Echo Talon
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8 posted on 06/08/2006 5:39:49 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Petronski
My next OS is non-MS.


9 posted on 06/08/2006 5:42:10 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Echo Talon
well, its free if anyone wants to give it a test drive, remember its still beta

I might give it a play in a VM. But if I really wanted to use it, I'd just use OS X instead.

10 posted on 06/08/2006 6:06:36 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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To: antiRepublicrat
But if I really wanted to use it, I'd just use OS X instead.

Agreed. There is nothing I can do in Windows that I cannot do in Fedora. That includes the games I enjoy.

11 posted on 06/08/2006 6:09:48 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: antiRepublicrat

Same here...


12 posted on 06/08/2006 11:41:39 AM PDT by rzeznikj at stout (ASCII and ye shall receive... (Computers 3:14))
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To: Petronski

Vista and SP3 are actually separate...

... if you can believe it.


13 posted on 06/08/2006 6:31:07 PM PDT by Terpfen
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To: Petronski
I suggest Ubuntu. 2 out of my 3 computers run it, and very happily.

Regards, Ivan

14 posted on 06/09/2006 3:09:17 AM PDT by MadIvan (I aim to misbehave.)
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To: Echo Talon
Windows Vista Beta 2 Available for Public Download

No thank you.

Regards, Ivan

15 posted on 06/09/2006 3:10:11 AM PDT by MadIvan (I aim to misbehave.)
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