Free Microsoft Windows Vista Beta 2 CD

[maxrum]

You can get Microsoft Windows Vista Beta for free directly from Microsoft. This copy will work for one year, after that you will have to activate it.

http://www.slickdeals.net/?pno=7945&lno=1&afsrc=1

[Hien]

Nice...but I'm not sure if I wan't to risk losing my precious programs/homeworks that I spend hours creating if the thing crashes. I'm sure "but-my-Vista-crashed" excuse won't cut it when you have to explain to Dan :smt018. Remember it's a beta, which means that all the bugs/stability issues have not been ironed out yet.

If you have an extra desktop that you want to play around it...then hey..it's free why not? :)

[maxrum]

Nice...but I'm not sure if I wan't to risk losing my precious programs/homeworks that I spend hours creating if the thing crashes. I'm sure "but-my-Vista-crashed" excuse won't cut it when you have to explain to Dan :smt018. Remember it's a beta, which means that all the bugs/stability issues have not been ironed out yet.

I'm planning to install a second hard drive in my laptop to play with vista/linux. Of course, it's not a good idea to have a Vista Beta as your main operating system. But it's really worthwhile to learn it and get used to it.

[Andy]

I'm planning to install a second hard drive in my laptop to play with vista/linux. Of course, it's not a good idea to have a Vista Beta as your main operating system. But it's really worthwhile to learn it and get used to it. :es_nice: :es_da_man:
If you ever actually get down to install these on your second HD, I suggest that you try Ubuntu first. The learning curve on Linux is very steep while Vista is just a new interface on top of an updated core. You'll learn how to use it in no time.