vista

[Guest]

hello im always interested in getting the latest windows / updates on my
desktop so just wondering if there a micorsoft link of where i can download
the vista windows for the trial ?
be gratefull of any info thanks

 

[Guest]

Yes James, pay MS 3-4K for a MSDN subscription and you can download just
about anything you'd like!

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

You would have to be an invited beta tester or own a
MSDN subscription in order to try out the early beta
version of Vista. Vista is in the very preliminary stages
of development and testing at this time.

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Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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| hello im always interested in getting the latest windows / updates on my
| desktop so just wondering if there a micorsoft link of where i can download
| the vista windows for the trial ?
| be gratefull of any info thanks
| --
| james kirk

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

James;
There are two ways of getting Windows Vista Beta at this time:
1.Apply and be accepted as a Beta tester:
https://beta.microsoft.com/sign-in/signin.asp?refURL=http://beta.microsoft.com/content/bphome.asp?
2. Subscribe to MSDN Operating Systems or above:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/howtobuy/subscribers/

There is no public trial of Vista available at this time.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

About $700 US for Operating Systems:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/howtobuy/subscribers/
But a great deal (no games) is part of the Universal subscription which
costs about $2800 US.

 

[kurttrail]

hello im always interested in getting the latest windows / updates on
my desktop so just wondering if there a micorsoft link of where i can
download the vista windows for the trial ?
be gratefull of any info thanks

Can anybody say "torrent?"

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[Greg Ro]

Can anybody say "torrent?"

Hmm, It leaked out already? I thought they were being more careful
this time.

Greg R

 

[kurttrail]

Hmm, It leaked out already? I thought they were being more careful
this time.

LOL! It was out on torrent the next day.

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[NoStop]

About $700 US for Operating Systems:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/howtobuy/subscribers/
But a great deal (no games) is part of the Universal subscription which
costs about $2800 US.

Are you serious? That's a "great deal"? Geez.

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

Poor choice of words on my part.
In this case "great deal" means "large number".

Whether the price is a "great deal" depends on the specific needs of the
purchaser.
Considering the variety of operating systems provide on CD/DVD, adding all
the others available through download, # of licenses per OS and that use is
perpetual.
This is cheaper than most any 4 on the list.
For the most part, the purchaser has 10 licenses each in perpetuity.
You can count how many installations a developer can have if you want, but
it can easily be over a few hundred concurrent installations, which is
slightly more than 4.

 

[SC]

Heh, 2.5GB is a lot even for a BB user. Wonder what the heck they have put
in there? Does it take 2.5GB to plug all the bugs and security holes? Nah,
that would require a lot more..

 

[kurttrail]

Heh, 2.5GB is a lot even for a BB user. Wonder what the heck they
have put in there? Does it take 2.5GB to plug all the bugs and
security holes? Nah, that would require a lot more..

Not much actually, except for some more eye-candy, and changing sh*t
that wasn't broken.

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[Peter Foldes]

I bet they did not include the driver kit for Vista which comes separately as a download. Not much good without it. Also if anybody noticed that Vista is now a server not a home OS. Just read the heading ..
And on the last line the name change.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/windowsserver/bulletins/longhorn/beta1.mspx

 

[Code-Curious Mom]

"Longhorn Client, now known as Microsoft Windows Vista " (quote from MS
site)
No, that link sounds to me like Vista and Longhorn *Server* are not the
same.

I bet they did not include the driver kit for Vista which comes separately
as a download. Not much good without it. Also if anybody noticed that Vista
is now a server not a home OS. Just read the heading .
And on the last line the name change.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/windowsserver/bulletins/longhorn/beta1.mspx

 

[kurttrail]

I bet they did not include the driver kit for Vista which comes
separately as a download.

It had the Latest ATI Catalyst Driver for Vista.

Not much good without it. Also if anybody
noticed that Vista is now a server not a home OS. Just read the
heading .
And on the last line the name change.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/windowsserver/bulletins/longhorn/beta1.mspx

Vista is a "client OS."

Longhorn Server has yet to get renamed.

"More information on *Windows* *Longhorn* *Server* will be available in
the coming months. For more information on *Longhorn* *Client*, now
known as *Microsoft* *Windows* *Vista*, please visit the Microsoft
Windows Vista site." (emphasis is mine) -
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/windowsserver/bulletins/longhorn/beta1.mspx




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