loaderbull
OSNN Junkie
- Joined
- 3 Aug 2005
- Messages
- 52
Hi all, been a long time since i last posted but i thought i would give a brief opinion of Vista Beta 2 so far.
Downloaded it last night, took around 4 hours on 2mb ADSL connection which i thought was pretty good. I used the download manager provided too, handy if you needed to pause it to check mail etc, as it took all of the available bandwidth.
Install took around 50 minutes from the off, no problems with that. This is the first build since Beta 1 i have tested (i think).
Drivers didn't install for my Intel Pro Wireless 2100 mini PCI adaptor, and i couldn't get XP compatibility mode to work either. The solution was just to plug my Ethernet Cable into my Laptop, and then allow it to access the net to find the required drivers.
The specs of my Laptop aren't high, an Intel Pentium M 1.5Ghz CPU, 512MB DDR Ram, and a 40Gb 5400rpm HDD.
There are no visual affects, i could use them but it's just too slow with all the bells 'n' whistles!
My Performance Rating is only 1, although it doesn't recognise i have 64MB dedicated graphics memory (GeForce Fx Go5200). Anyway, all running ok, not lightening fast, but i can get a feel of things from here.
Downloaded it last night, took around 4 hours on 2mb ADSL connection which i thought was pretty good. I used the download manager provided too, handy if you needed to pause it to check mail etc, as it took all of the available bandwidth.
Install took around 50 minutes from the off, no problems with that. This is the first build since Beta 1 i have tested (i think).
Drivers didn't install for my Intel Pro Wireless 2100 mini PCI adaptor, and i couldn't get XP compatibility mode to work either. The solution was just to plug my Ethernet Cable into my Laptop, and then allow it to access the net to find the required drivers.
The specs of my Laptop aren't high, an Intel Pentium M 1.5Ghz CPU, 512MB DDR Ram, and a 40Gb 5400rpm HDD.
There are no visual affects, i could use them but it's just too slow with all the bells 'n' whistles!
My Performance Rating is only 1, although it doesn't recognise i have 64MB dedicated graphics memory (GeForce Fx Go5200). Anyway, all running ok, not lightening fast, but i can get a feel of things from here.