Windows Vista Beta 2 Public Download Now Available

[Brad]

installing now. woot.

 

[lancer]

they are.... i knew that.... just trying to do something... 🙂

 

[ming]

can i use x86 key on x64? cant seem to sign up for x64 version and it's limited me to only 2 keys.

 

[Brad]

Now posting from Vista 🙂

 

[Henyman]

dam you i'm still downloading after last night's download died overnight 😛

 

[failurbydesign]

Re: Public release?!

http://download.windowsvista.com/dl/preview/beta2/en/x86/iso/vista_5384.4.060518-1455_winmain_beta2_x86fre_client-LB2CFRE_EN_DVD.iso


direct x86 download link 😉

Thanks

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[Brad]

I downloaded from a bittorrent site 🙂

 

[ming]

Finally! One question . . . anyone seen a WinSAT score higher than 5?

Not sure if I'm thinking the same app, but apparently a few manufacturers were complaining that the upgrade advisor shows a score of 3 or 5 only when testing different configurations for Pcs.

 

[ming]

err... I've downloaded -3% (yes, minus 3%) lol 😛

 

[Brad]

err... I've downloaded -3% (yes, minus 3%) lol 😛

lol nice

 

[lancer]

ok i downloaded it and burning it to disk as we speak, the links i provided are fast and stable, i was able to download at 329kps most of the time.

oh and henyman you know you need to activate your legit copy of windows haha

 

[ming]

off-topic...

lancer, do you do that to the whole of penguin team? 😛

 

[Geffy]

The speed seems to either be maxed out at MS's end or throttled so they can cope 😛

It was going to take me 16 minutes to get it, now its jumped to 45 🙁

edit: yay, its jumped up to 3M/s again 😀

 

[ray_gillespie]

The direct x64 links seem to be 13.7MB files? Anyone else get this?

 

[ming]

The speed seems to either be maxed out at MS's end or throttled so they can cope 😛

It was going to take me 16 minutes to get it, now its jumped to 45 🙁

edit: yay, its jumped up to 3M/s again 😀

man... had to get my ISP to cap me at 2mb connection to get a stable connection... otherwise uncapped I'd be downloading at 460-530KB/s instead of the now 280KB/s.

EDIT: yay.... I've done -104% which is 900mb out of 3.5GB. :dead:

 

[Geffy]

man... had to get my ISP to cap me at 2mb connection to get a stable connection... otherwise uncapped I'd be downloading at 460-530KB/s instead of the now 280KB/s.

EDIT: yay.... I've done -104% which is 900mb out of 3.5GB. :dead:

This is just getting it to my server in London, still got to get it home (which at current time is over a 512kbps dsl line 🙁 )

 

[ming]

This is just getting it to my server in London, still got to get it home (which at current time is over a 512kbps dsl line 🙁 )

You may have heard of DVD burners. 😉 It's faster. 😛 (to burn and take home.)

 

[failurbydesign]

man... had to get my ISP to cap me at 2mb connection to get a stable connection... otherwise uncapped I'd be downloading at 460-530KB/s instead of the now 280KB/s.

EDIT: yay.... I've done -104% which is 900mb out of 3.5GB. :dead:

What, silly IE....mine is going well, pretty happy..also how long does the beta last for?

 

[Geffy]

What, silly IE....mine is going well, pretty happy..also how long does the beta last for?

June 1, 2007 apparently

 

[failurbydesign]

Nice, is that for all betas? It should be a real release by then right?