I have heard and that there is a Windows Vista Beta version going around. I have been to a torrent site and found few there. But I’m not going to download it because i'm guessing it is illegal.

Do any of you here have Windows Vista Beta? If you do what are the system requirements for it to run.

And i have heard there are few versions of this beta, one without the graphical 3D software (decreasing system requirements), and one with it.

Is this true?

As far as I know there is the windows vista appearence like graphics, themes etc. But not more than that. I once downloaded it and installed but my antispyware indicated that it contains spyware so I immediately remove it. As for the look it looks fantastic. Could you please send me an email if you knew that there is a place where I can download windows vista full vergion?
Thank you.

I believe taht it is being used by peopole who signed up as Microsoft testers. So if you didn't sign up, I think it will be hard to do it. If you can, try to find someone who is a tester who can download it. But make sure it is legal okay? Since it is in beta, it may not be able to be transfered. I know it looks awesome. Hey keep us updated! Oh, and good luck.

As far as I know there have been two Windows Vista Betas that have been made available to members of MSDN (Microsoft Developers Network) and to other such like MS technical partners. There are currently no legal ways for members of the general public to acquire a Beta version of Vista.

Apart from the inability to get it why would you want it. XP is 6 years old (please correct if that is wrong) and MS are still issuing patches to fix the holes. a pre release version of Vista would likely be unusable. Plus to get the full fluid experience of the Aero GUI you need a fairly modern GPU with at least 512MB VRAM, and at least 1GB of main system memory, it will run on less, just not well.

This post has been edited by dontmaimyourself: Jun 6 2006, 06:07 PM

That was most likely their longhorn release. Longhorn was the codename for Vista and was used to see visually the progress of development.

Just out of curisoty since it is in fact a beta with probebly many bugs and problems why would you want to try one any way? Just wait untill it officially comes out. by the way when is that exactly?

Ok, as far as i know, Windows Vista is going to come out January next Year, it is the most anticipated windows release yet. For the sake, Bill Gates was at the E3 for his first time to talk about Windows Vista. So it should be good.

Ok according to a text file i have There are two versions of the two version out. One is the 64bit, and the other is the 32 bit. I have got a copy of Windows Vista, but i will continue no further.
One is because of the legal matters and two because my computer doesn’t meet the system requirements.

I trying to get a contact with someone who is in the MSDN (Microsoft Developers Network). SO i could try to get more information, it would be cool, if it works like the Windows Live invites.

Idea:
Microsoft should make it that people can download the beta version at their own risks, but that version will exterminate it self when the real version comes out. So people would have to go and buy their own. And would probably provoke hackers to find some kind of crack and that’s the end of that idea.

I really can’t wait for it to come out.

The cool thing about is the Games Live, so someone could be playing a Xbox Live game on his 360, and they could invite a person having the same game on his POC (Vista Running) for a game. I can especially wait for that feature. PC vs. XBOX30 LIVE, and they can use their XBOX360 gamer tag in Vista, without a new user creation. That would be cool.

Here is the microsoft windows vista fact sheet:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/newsroo...staBeta1FS.mspx

One of the main reasons why most people do not use Beta software is because its full of bugs. If you are finding the Beta Version on the software its more than likely a spyware scam. All software when in Beta is full of bugs and issues. Yes it probably will look fantastic but crashing is way more likely and lots of other glitches. The only reason certain people get to use it is to report bugs to Microsoft to fix them. I have participated in Beta Testing before its not all fun and games. You have to have a good computer to do it too.

the wonderful OS will eat too much memory,if to install,i must enlarge my ram to 1G but the processor is still limited
okay,just simulating the vista window feeling is also a good idea now.however,if to attempt it ,i would like to expect the coming fall,to wait the offcial version not beta