Vista beta released

Windows has released the beta version of Vista for free download off of thier main site. Vista is Microsoft's new version of Windows. It'll eventually replace XP.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/preview.mspx

You can also order a DVD copy from microsoft (for free I think), since it is a huge download.

It's getting interesting reviews. It's graphical user interface (GUI) is supposed to be just as nice looking, if not nicer than OSX. Which is bad for apple because their GUI is all they had going for them

Vista is gonna be  64-bit operating sysem which is good, becuase it means that most future applications and games will be in 64-bit. There is going to be a 32-bit release for those who are still using 32-bit chips and fear any kind of change, like my grandma.

I dual booted it onto my machine today, and it's not too bad. It looks nice, but gets kind of annoying because it assumes that you're a complete idiot and gets in your face with pop-up windows with warnings/unnecessary explanations.

Though, i will say, while it's still in beta mode it's already 100% better than Windows ME or 98.


Edited by Illuminati - 16-Jun-2006 at 05:54

not that I saw. But, I think thats a microsoft office thing. I don't know anything about Microsoft's future plans for it's office applications.

I remember when i first started using microsoft word. The damn paperclip used to piss me off so much

side question, are the new intel core duo chips fully 64 bit capable?