Windows Vista Beta 1 vs. Mac OS X "Tiger
From Paul Thurrotte's SuperSite:
In part one of my comparison of Windows Vista Beta 1 and Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger," I looked at three key aspects of each system: Look and feel, desktop search, and data visualization and organization. For the most part, OS X came out well ahead of Windows Vista, as you'd expect, since it's a polished finished product. Vista, meanwhile, is all knees and elbows, an awkward teenager on its way to maturity.
. Microsoft will iron out the details, I'm sure, but the end result will likely not change much. Specifically, OS X will always be elegant, and Windows will almost certainly lag behind in the fit and finish department. The only questions are how much Vista will improve when compared to previous Windows versions, and whether it will be enough to keep customers from moving to OS X.
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29.11.2005 Security Updates for IE7 and Vista Beta 1 Available Now
Security updates for Internet Explorer 7 Beta 1 and Internet Explorer in Windows Vista Beta 1 are now available from the Windows Vista/IE 7 beta downloads page on the Connect site. Direct links to these updates are also provided below. These security updates resolve a vulnerability in IE 7 Beta 1 and IE in Windows Vista Beta 1 that has already been addressed for released/supported versions of Internet Explorer by Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-052.
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Installing Vista Beta 1 (x86) without DVD media
I know, I know - Everyone should have a DVD burner these days... but I don't. Here's a rough guide on getting Vista Beta 1 (x86) installed without the use of DVD media. I am not responsible for lost partitions, data, etc!
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DOWNLOAD Windows Vista Beta 1
links updated
This is Unofficial Download page of Windows Vista Beta 1. Windows Vista codename Longhorn, the next generation OS from Microsoft
This is Beta 1. Build 5112 for those inclined to such information.
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Windows Vista Beta 1 Fact Sheet
Fundamental Improvements for Computing With More Confidence
Windows Vista beta 1 focuses on greatly improving the Windows "fundamentals" security, deployment, manageability and performance ? so developers, IT professionals and end users can have more confidence in their PCs.
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Activate Windows 7 Pre-Beta 6801 with Vista Beta or RC Product Key without Crack
Already download and install Windows 7 Pre-Beta build 6801? You probably have to leave the product key field blank during installation in order to complete the setup of Windows 7.
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1.11.2008 Microsoft Office 2010 Beta 2 Leaks, Public Beta Expected in November
After Microsoft announced yesterday that Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 will be sent to testers this week, more exciting news comes from the Office 2010 section.
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21.10.2009 Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2, .NET Framework 3.5 Beta 2
Visual Studio 2008 is the next generation development tool for Windows Vista, the 2007 Office system, and the Web. The Beta 2 release includes most of the products found in the Visual Studio product line. MSDN Subscribers can also download these files from
MSDN Subscriber Downloads. Thanks to pacpis for this news.
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27.7.2007 DOWNLOAD Windows Vista Beta 1
links updated
This is Unofficial Download page of Windows Vista Beta 1. Windows Vista codename Longhorn, the next generation OS from Microsoft
This is Beta 1. Build 5112 for those inclined to such information.
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Windows Vista Beta 2 Videos
After installing Beta 2 of Microsoft's upcoming operating system, I decided to grab a few videos of the GUI in action. Read more for videos.
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Microsoft: No Sidebar Until Vista Beta 2
Testers and developers looking forward to playing with Vista's most prominent new feature over the holidays will have to wait a bit longer. Microsoft officials confirmed to BetaNews late Monday that the Windows Sidebar won't be delivered in a public build until Beta 2.
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20.12.2005 Microsoft to Skip Vista Beta 2
Redmond is planning to rely more on Community Technology Previews for Windows input, and has two new Vista test builds planned for the next two calendar quarters.
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28.1.2006 Vista Internal Beta 2 released!!
Slated for public beta in April, i was the first few to have already used it!! For those interested here are the improved features:
* Build Number: 5308
* Features support for latest graphic cards(Yup, for those who keep complaining to want the driver and support, it is here)
* DirectX 10
* Aero Glass ( Finally they got it working fine!! )
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6.3.2006 Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 2 now?
Paul Thurrott writes in is weekly edition of shortakes that "the Vista Beta 2 build candidate is up to build 5384.3", he also notes that "you never know if a last-minute change could cause it to jump to the build 5385 range. "
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20.5.2006 Sign up for Windows Vista 2 Beta
Lead evaluations for new technologies and understand their impact on your IT environment and their potential for your company by pre-registering here.
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10.5.2006 Windows Vista Beta 2 released
Windows Vista Beta 2 has officialy been released to testers, via Microsoft's Connect portal. The build number is 5384.4. Windows Server "Longhorn" has also been released to testers. The packages are available for both the x86 and x64 platforms.
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23.5.2006 Windows Vista Beta 2: Aftermath
Shortly after Microsoft released Vista Beta 2, the big hardware vendors released updated drivers for the general public to install on their test machines. NVidia has released
nForce drivers (nForce 4 or greater) and
Forceware drivers for their chipsets/video cards and ATI has just posted
updated Catalyst drivers for their Radeon products.
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24.5.2006 Windows Vista beta 2 DOWNLOAD
The Vista Beta 2 x86 DVD is 3,200.15 MB. The package contains Ultimate, Home Basic, Home Premium, and Business binaries. As ever, the key used is what determines what SKU you see.
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24.5.2006 Microsoft To Shut Off Vista Beta 2
Microsoft plans to close the Windows Vista Beta 2 test to new users after Friday, a company executive said Thursday..
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2.7.2006 Windows Vista Exam Beta
Those of you who really like to take tests will be happy to know that a beta of the
Windows Vista exam 71-620 is in beta from October 31-November 13, 2006.
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1.11.2006 No Windows Vista SP1 Beta for You!
Microsoft is consistent in its strategy to gag all aspects of the Windows Vista Service Pack 1 front. Additionally, the Redmond company informed that the first service pack for its latest variant of the Windows platform will not be delivered as a public beta.
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23.7.2007 Windows Vista Beta 1 Fact Sheet
Fundamental Improvements for Computing With More Confidence
Windows Vista beta 1 focuses on greatly improving the Windows "fundamentals" security, deployment, manageability and performance ? so developers, IT professionals and end users can have more confidence in their PCs.
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Security Updates for IE7 and Vista Beta 1 Available Now
Security updates for Internet Explorer 7 Beta 1 and Internet Explorer in Windows Vista Beta 1 are now available from the Windows Vista/IE 7 beta downloads page on the Connect site. Direct links to these updates are also provided below. These security updates resolve a vulnerability in IE 7 Beta 1 and IE in Windows Vista Beta 1 that has already been addressed for released/supported versions of Internet Explorer by Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-052.
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Windows Vista Upgrade Advisor Beta
It looks like Microsoft wants to make sure you know if your computer is ready for Windows Vista. Currently, the beta only works on Windows XP systems. Chances are, if you are running something older than Windows XP, your computer won?t run Windows Vista anyways. It?s nice to see a downloadable tool in advance. So that you do not have to buy Windows Vista and then find out your computer won't run it.
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18.5.2006 Vista beta sucks up battery juice
Windows Vista delivers some pretty snazzy new graphics, but all that "wow" can be a real drain.
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5.6.2006 Windows Vista Beta 2 Public Download Available Soon
This was posted to the Windows Vista Newsgroups!
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7.6.2006 Update for Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 2
Install this update to address an issue where Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) does not consume intermediate session data.
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23.7.2006 Update for Windows Vista Beta 2 (KB922917)
An issue has been identified that may cause you to lose access to protected media music, videos, and recorded TV after upgrading to Windows Vista RC1.
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16.8.2006 Windows Vista SP1 Beta Is Live
The first beta for Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is live. Mid July was synonymous with the date Microsoft started to push the beta of Vista SP1 to what the company referred to as "a very small, very select group of advance customers."
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6.8.2007 Microsoft Vista SP2 beta: Nothing new has been added
If you install the beta of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) expecting to see visible changes to your version of Vista, you'll be sorely disappointed.
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9.12.2008Windows Vista Beta 1 SDK Goes Live
As Microsoft..
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24.08.2005Microsoft Delivers New Vista
Beta Build
Microsoft on Monday released
Windows Vista Beta Build 5472
to technical beta testers, TAP
customers and MSDN
subscribers. The interim
update is intended to give
testers a more recent build,
and encourage application and
device driver developers to
accelerate deployment on
Vista...
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17.07.2006Vista Beta 2 Offered via
BitTorrent
With Microsoft struggling to
keep up with the demand for
Windows Vista Beta 2, tech
personality Chris Pirillo and
Jake Ludington have taken the
initiative to publish the
3.2-gigabite download using
BitTorent. But Microsoft
recommends against using a
third party to obtain Vista
code...
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13.06.2006Developers: Get Windows Vista
Beta 2!
Windows Vista Beta 2 is now
available to Technical Beta,
MSDN and TechNet members...
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25.05.2006Microsoft Releases Pre-RC1
Vista Beta
Microsoft on Friday announced
a new beta build of Windows
Vista, which serves as an
interim update while the
company finalizes Release
Candidate 1. Build 5536 is
available to technical beta
testers and MSDN subscribers,
and includes a number of
quality improvements...
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26.08.2006Windows 7 Beta 1 Vs Windows Vista Vs Windows XP
After Windows 7 beta 1 leaked, many bloggers caught hold of it very soon and started testing/using Windows 7. We saw Ed Bott from ZDnet reporting
about the changes in the Windows 7 beta 1 license agreement. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes from ZDnet has benchmarked Windows 7 with its successors Windows
Vista and Windows XP. The Windows 7 build 6.1.7000.0.081212-1400 was considered for testing. Since its 32bit, it was tested against 32bit versions of
Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3.
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03.01.2009First Post-Beta 2 Vista Build
Released
Microsoft late Friday
delivered the first build of
Windows Vista to follow the
release of Beta 2 at WinHEC in
May. Build 5456 is available
to technical beta testers, and
includes better user interface
performance along with User
Account Control tweaks to
lessen the number of
authentication notices...
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26.06.2006Microsoft France exposes Vista
release date
Microsoft has revealed the
projected release dates of
Windows Vista and Internet
Explorer 7 in a phone
conversation with
vnunet.com's French sister
publication SVM, the
publication
claims.
"Beta
2 of Windows Vista,
Microsoft's future operating
system, is slated for release
in the first week of December
2005 at best," a posting
dated 29 August said. "The
final release has been pushed
back until September or
October 2006."
Beta 2 of IE 7 is
set for September 2005
followed by the release of the
final version in December, the
story continues. The product
launch will coincide with
Vista beta 2. Vista beta 1 was
released to testers in
July.
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06.09.2005Survey: Beta testers more happy with Windows 7 than Vista
PCWorld reports that in a recent poll conducted, Windows 7 Beta testers are 4 times more happy with Windows 7 than the early users of Windows Vista,
the reason due to which more than half of the companies plan to dump Vista adoption plans. A recent poll conducted by ChangeWave Research, a market
research company revealed that 44% of the 68 Windows 7 Beta testers were very satisfied with Windows 7 beta. A similar survey by ChangeWave in
February 2007 conducted few weeks after Vista's launch found just 10% of the respondents expressed satisfaction.
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08.04.2009Beta Patches Hint at Vista SP1 Features
Microsoft has released to
Windows Server 2008 beta
testers two new hot-fix packs
for Windows Vista, which
improve performance and
reliability, along with the
operating system's
compatibility with drivers and
hardware. The 12MB worth of
fixes are expected to make
their way into Vista Service
Pack 1 later this year...
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30.07.2007Microsoft Vista SP2 beta: Nothing new has been added (yet)
If you install the beta of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) expecting to see visible changes to your version of Vista, you'll be sorely
disappointed. At least in this initial beta, all the changes are under the hood, and even they are far from earth-shaking. Microsoft says that it has
fixed compatibility problems with the third-party Spy Sweeper and ZoneAlarm security applications, enhanced hardware support for Direct X, improved
Wi-Fi connections after a system resumes from sleep, improved Windows Search, added support for the newest Bluetooth specification (2.1) and rolled up
all previous Vista updates.
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09.12.2008Microsoft: Vista RC1 Coming
Soon
Brushing off feedback from
testers and pundits to push
back the first release
candidate of Windows Vista and
issue a third beta instead,
Microsoft confirmed Thursday
that RC1 was on the way.
Product Manager Nick White
says Microsoft will re-open
the Vista beta program for the
release...
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12.08.2006Windows Vista Beta 2
It's time for clarity.
Experience Windows Vista Beta
2, now available through the
Customer Preview Program. Try
it now!..
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07.06.2006The Windows Vista Beta Experience: RC1
MVP Charlie Russel explains
the beta process, defines a
release candidate, and
introduces some of the cool
new features in Windows Vista
RC1...
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29.09.2006Microsoft Releases New Beta of
IE7
Microsoft said Thursday
morning that it had made
available the third beta of
Internet Explorer 7, the final
beta before the browser ships
later this year ahead of
Windows Vista...
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29.06.2006Photos: Installing Vista SP1 beta
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Earlier today I downloaded the standalone installer for Windows Vista SP1 build 6001.16659 and installed it on a few systems
to see what it was like -- and I thought you might like to take a look at it.
Don't expect huge UI changes after installing SP1
-- the changes are small and subtle. In fact, if you're not familiar with Windows Vista, you might miss the SP1 changes. I've put together an image
gallery showing some of the most significant changes.
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28.09.2007Microsoft Offers Pre-RC1 Vista
Beta
Despite initially saying it
wouldn't be made public,
Microsoft late Monday released
Windows Vista Build 5536 for
download by those who had
signed up for the Beta 2
Customer Preview Program. The
catch: only 100,000 visitors
will be able to download
before the links are
deactivated...
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29.08.2006Windows Vista SP1 Beta Due This Year
Within its recent response to
the U.S. Department of Justice
that stated it would modify
Windows Vista to enable end
users and OEMs to change the
default desktop search it
uses, Microsoft for the first
time discussed Service Pack 1
for the OS, saying a beta will
come this year...
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21.06.2007Vista Beta to Get Security
Updates, Too
Although Microsoft is fond of
saying that Windows Vista is
the most secure operating
system ever, a member of the
operating system's security
team disclosed this week that
the OS will be the first beta
product to be serviced by
security updates...
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18.08.2006Microsoft Tests OneCare Beta for Vista
Microsoft has released a beta
of Windows Live OneCare
version 1.5, which most
notably adds support for
Windows Vista. The original
iteration of the PC protection
and maintenance suite was only
compatible with Windows XP...
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