Windows Vista RC1

[Odo]

Is anyone using RC1 already?

You can download a copy at http://download.windowsvista.com/pre...n/download.htm

And info on hw reqs & other bits can be found http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...y/preview.mspx

RC1 will be good until June 1, 2007.

The thread for the Vista Beta can be found http://tsikot.yehey.com/forums/showt...ighlight=vista

[Jun aka Pekto]

At 249Kb/sec (and slowly rising), it's slow downloading the dvd iso of the 64-bit version. Estimated wait=2:07 hours. The Linux Mandriva dvd iso took 1.5 hours by comparison.....

I'm also downloading MechCommander Gold (MC 2 yesterday) using the P3-733.

Both pc's are busy with downloads today......

[mikmik316]

Yeah m using it ryt now... build 5600...

waited for 16 hours kasi download speed ko 50-60kpbs...

Are we allowed to post the links??? Anyway you can download it but you do not have the product key to activate it unless someone shares his product key....

[Odo]

It isn't warez and you download it from Microsoft.com so I dont think anyone would mind. I also heard you just click on "Next" and you it'll activate it without the activation key. I'll know in 15 mins time.

According to the Download Manager I'm downloading it at 223KB/Sec (about 2 Mbps) and I peaked at 779.3KB/Sec (about 6 Mbps).

[chris_d]

I'll be installing my copy later, 256mb lang nga ram nung desktop ko ngayon. Got my copy from msdn.

[Jun aka Pekto]

I'll be installing my copy later, 256mb lang nga ram nung desktop ko ngayon. Got my copy from msdn.

I got done d/l within a couple hours of posting yesterday. Then I remembered, I don't have a spare pc I can install the thing into. Crap......

[Jun aka Pekto]

For those who are trying out Vista RC1 and need a Product Activation Key, MS has started giving them out. I just got done activating mine. So now, it's good until June of next year.....

[Jun aka Pekto]

The bundled Chess Titans game is something else. When playing a game at full-screened 3-D windowed, the game takes up 321mb of ram! Moving back and forth between full windowed and small windowed made the game eat up more and more ram until it reached 920mb of ram at which point I quit the app. Chess Titans obviously doesn't release any ram when resized. It's something to note down although the game is pretty good.

[Jun aka Pekto]

The game Blitzkrieg also installed and worked great. Another older game, Dungeon Keeper 2, also installed fine. But it's limited to 800x600 without patch v1.7. When I applied the patch, the game refused to run. I had to uninstall and reinstall the game and play at 800x800.

[mikmik316]

i think bloatware na naman ang Vista... malaki na ang hard disk space requirement because of so many files installed... marami ding di optimized na programs kaya matakaw sa memory... tsk tsk

[Jun aka Pekto]

i think bloatware na naman ang Vista... malaki na ang hard disk space requirement because of so many files installed... marami ding di optimized na programs kaya matakaw sa memory... tsk tsk

Well, that's the whole idea of RC1. It's still a memory hog and needs optimization. But, it runs fine at full speed and it's more than usable so long as the ram can last. It's more than usable for me and is my primary OS although I still have to go back to XP Home if I want to record tv shows and game.

Still, Vista RC1 is in much better shape than I expected. It certainly is in much better shape than when I first bought OSX (retail) back in spring of 2001. Anyone who bought OSX back in 2001 would agree with me that it was as sloooow as molasses in winter.