Windows Vista Beta 2 available for public
Microsoft has decided to release its next operating system, Windows Vista Beta 2 for everyone. Vista Beta 2 was released a few weeks ago for beta testers and MSDN subscribers. Vista Beta 2 is a time-limited software release that will expire on Jun 1, 2007. To get Vista Beta 2, you can either download it from the site or you can order the DVD to be sent to your home or office (shipping payment required).
Windows Vista Beta 2 are available in both 32-bit version and 64-bit version, the ISO files are about 3.5 GB (32-bit version) and 4.4GB (64-bit version). The public release is available in three languages: English, Japanese and German.
Before you install, you need to make sure that your PC is Vista Ready. Apparently, mine is not Vista Ready. However, there is a way you can get Vista to work on a MacBook Pro.
Microsoft’s servers are currently overloaded with people who wants to try the public beta. I tried to download it for the past few hours and failed with these messages:
Thank you for your interest in Windows Vista Beta 2.
We are currently experiencing a high level of demand and cannot process your request at this time.
Please check back later for availability. We apologize for any inconvenience.
I’m gonna try again tommorow.
1. dave 10 Jun 2006
How much memory does windows vista require to run?
Dave
2. William Pramana 10 Jun 2006
You need to have at least 1GB RAM in order to fully experience Aero, the new user interface and visual style of Windows Vista.
It will run on a PC with 512MB of RAM however it won’t be as good as the premium PC.
Just look at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/capable.mspx to make sure your PC is capable of running Vista.
3. Indrayana Tirtayasa 13 Jun 2006
Wow, with such a gigantic requirements, I wonder how Vista would look and feel like. Full of liquidish animation maybe?
4. Patrick Veverka 15 Jun 2006
Have you tried this?
http://www.vistatorrent.com/
It’s a Bittorrent of the Vista ISO.
5. William Pramana 15 Jun 2006
Patrick Veverka: Yes, they made the torrent available after I downloaded via http. Thank you for the information :)
6. Omni 18 Jun 2006
I was thinking of getting one of the newest Macs, which can run Windows; now, I’ll wait until the new Windows gets sorted out so I can have that on the Mac instead… why deal with the buggy old Windows?
7. William Pramana 18 Jun 2006
Omni: I installed Windows Vista Beta 2 on MacBook Pro, it worked even though some drivers are still missing. I will write about my vista beta 2 experience later.
Btw, Thanks you for the correction.
8. henry 11 Jul 2006
I think Windows Vista rocks. I have seen the interface and it looks cool. Still waiting to get my own copy.
9. gamecase 4 Aug 2006
can some one e-mail me a copy of vista so i can experieance it as well plz my email is i.t.works2@ntlworld.com
10. Kai 22 Aug 2006
I tried to run Windows on two of our business machines. Damn slow but good looking ;-) Looks like you need a very expensive/up-to-date machine to run it smoothly.