http://www.tweakvista.com/articles/39406/d...ublic-beta-now/

very nice, runned it on my 8 cores

I'm sticking to Vista for the meanwhile, I hear it's very streamlined though.

And I'm sticking to my Windows XP.

im sticking to the good old windows 3.0

lol no, its not meant to be used for serious work. its for testing to see if you like it or not.

so far i quite like the nice new features it has, but im not gonna use it until they released the proper retail version. prolly in 2 years time?

heres a demo of some of the new stuff >

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqDQ0wUcSPQ

Jesus XP? There's someone who's not open to change.

Can I revert back to Vista easily after the beta endst? That much I'd like to know.

Just install it on a new partition. This version of windows is supposed to be as nice as Vista but have the awsomeness of Windows XP.

no i dont think you can revert back to vista, best to install it on a spare hdd. just select the boot order in BIOS when selecting which os you want to run, vista/win7. that way your work pc is intact.

if you have a 64 bit machine, install the 64 bit version rather than the 32.

some people said something similiar when win 95 was released back in 96, i wonder if they are still using win 3.11

unless you meant new partition in a diff hdd? i never liked installing 2 os on the same hdd on a diff partition.

Have multiple partitions is no different than having multiple hard-drives. The computer see it as the same thing.

At least he doesn't have to rid of Vista, just make a 10Gb partition then install Windows 7 on it. At least then his computer will prompt him whenever he boots up the machine whether he wants to load up Vista or Win 7.

You obviously missed the four posts in a row of downgrading OS sarcasm I set up.
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lol no, 2 hdd is not the same as 2 partitions and it will never will be. user will probably see 2 drives but the pc/os will always see it as one drive.

he doesnt need to get rid of the vista, the vista stays on the original hdd untouched, win7 goes on a spare hdd both installed in the machine.

uninstalling it is just a matter of wiping win7 or removing the hdd. vista stays intact rather than some crap get written on it.

of course partitioning is the only option of theres no spare hdd available.

The interface between 2 partitions is no different from having multiple hard drives. The computer will treat either option the same.

That is the whole point of partitioning.

are you suggesting i can run raid by partition a hdd? and expect it to work like i have multiple drive? that aint gonna happen.

but its really not the issue here if partitioning is the same as multiple hdd or not, there are other things to worry about.

when you partition a hdd, data get written to the partition table. on unstalling you can mess up the partition table wiping the data on your hdd, then you have the boot manager potentially leaving some junks.

heck a buggy beta version of windows running on the same hdd might crash and trash the partition table, etc, etc. something ill not risk on my workstation.

as i type, i can run vista x64 or win 7 x64 beta by selecting to boot priority of the hdd. nothing changed on my work hdd.

but i mean thats just me, if you dont mind risking your data because you want to piss around with an untested os then thats your choice, its not for me, ill rather not install it at the first place.

I was speaking in general, not just for the reason to install the beta Win 7. I personally prefer partitioning because I have never had any trouble regarding data confusion/loss through dual booting on a partitioned single drive. This debate is going in circles. All in all, Win 7 supposedly rocks.

true,

i had a few problems with partitioning where undoing it seems to never revert back to how it was before. i got 6 hdds in my machine one is the spare for the raid so using it temporarily wont hurt.

yup win7 rocks, if you wanna test it and havent downloaded it yet from the link i posted, you better hurry its only for limited number of download

vista is such a short life compare to other window.

what's good about window 7?

It's as efficient as Windows XP. But has the features of Vista.

"According to Microsoft, Windows 7 Beta's “Minimum recommended specs call for: 1 GHz 32-bit or 64-bit processor; 1 GB of system memory (RAM); 16 GB of available disk space; support for DirectX 9 graphics with 128 MB memory (to enable the Aero theme); DVD-R/W Drive; Internet access (to download the Beta and get updates).”

many people are complaining about vista absorbing alot of memory resources and not compatible with other software company. i wonder if this is the reason window 7 is releasing so fast?

hopefully window 7 is good for gaming.

^ I believe it is, or was part of the reason. Generally, not a lot of people liked Vista, it just seemed like a big fail. Not to all, but to majority of people. All my friends who are a lot like you (Upgrading their computers, etc etc) are still running XP on them.

some people jump in installing vista on their older machine only to be dissapointed. newer os is always designed for the latest hw. it is only slow when used on old pc. pretty much the same as win 3.11 on the 486 dx 100, it is fast. install newer os and you will feel how slow it is.

but so far i have no problems with vista, im fully aware of the consequences and have to live with it. like for example my scanner does not work with vista, i dont use it much so its no big deal to me. i can use the scanner in another pc. bugs are expected, its a new os so expect something not to work right. xp was like that when it first came out, ppl say its buggy, now ppl says its the best os, jeez its on sp3 now thats why.

as for the win 7, i reckon its gonna be more succesful than vista and will be released very soon. vista now reminds me of win me

but regardless like it or not, its best to get used to it now rather than be 1 or 2 os behind. ms will force you to use it in the future anyway.