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Vista Beta 1

Discussion in 'Technology Forum' started by crazydave, Aug 10, 2005.

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  1. Aug 10, 2005 at 7:14 PM #1
    crazydave

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    Been trying to install this fucker for 2.5 hours and it's all FUBAR. You would think microsoft would have learned their lesson on Betas.:banginghe
     
  2. Aug 10, 2005 at 9:55 PM #2
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    I hear it takes at least 512Mb of ram and a 128 vid card.
     
  3. Aug 11, 2005 at 7:53 AM #3
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    did you really just get pissed at MSFT for Beta 1 code?
     
  4. Aug 11, 2005 at 8:46 AM #4
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    The whole point of this Beta is so serious users can install and test. Is it unreasonable to expect to do both of those things?
     
  5. Aug 11, 2005 at 8:52 AM #5
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    Yes, because it is NOT the whole point of this Beta to allow "serious users" to install and test. This is a DEVELOPER BETA, which is why it is closed to the general public...
     
  6. Aug 11, 2005 at 9:22 AM #6
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    But I'm not the "General Public". You would expect to be able to at least install it. I never even got it to run. It took over 2 hours to get a message that said "Vista can not continue. Please try your intall again." So I did. 2 more hours, 3 blue screens and I was back to XP.
     
  7. Aug 11, 2005 at 9:23 AM #7
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    So report your findings to Microsoft and development can continue. If Microsoft could guarantee that it would install on everyone's PC, it wouldn't be a beta.
     
  8. Aug 11, 2005 at 9:28 AM #8
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    Agreed. But the advanced user should be able to get it to install. Just saying. If it fucks up after install, that's acceptable.
     
  9. Aug 11, 2005 at 9:30 AM #9
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    I learned after the 1st beta project I worked on that even starting the install can be a major roadblock.
     
  10. Aug 11, 2005 at 9:53 PM #10
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    The 6,000 developers and testers have another year of coding and debugging to do, I think you can cut them some slack on Beta 1. Beta 2 is when an "advanced user" will get anything useful from messing with it, RC is really the time I get going.
     
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