Windows Vista RC1

[mikmik316]

I wouldnt trust Vistaa on a another partition. physically different HDD na lang yan.

I have installed in one partition Beta 2 then overwritten it with Pre-RC1, overwritten again with RC1 on the same hard disk which also has the partition of my XP SP2... no problems since both are NTFS partitions...

Darn, I couldnt install, says it needs at least 512mb ram.

Thanks Cris for providing feedback! Now I know I have to upgrade our fleet of computer systems if I want to install Vista to them.

I'll try installing the 64-bit version to a 2.5" 60gb usb2 external hard drive which I'm formatting right now.

Meron ka na pong results sir ng iyong experiment????


OT: Meron na ba kayong lopya nung Office 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh????

[Odo]

My data's too valuable for a shared or seperate partition with RC1 and running RC1 on a shared or seperate partition isnt a realistic setup if I were to run Vista on a PC.

I wouldn't bother with Office 2007 until it is RC1.

[Jun aka Pekto]

Well, it's a no go for the USB2 external hard drive. I have a spare Maxtor 40gb somewhere. I 'll use that one instead..... If I can find it first...

VPC 2004 doesn't want to boot Vista install from dvd media either....

[Jun aka Pekto]

My data's too valuable for a shared or seperate partition with RC1 and running RC1 on a shared or seperate partition isnt a realistic setup if I were to run Vista on a PC.

I wouldn't bother with Office 2007 until it is RC1.

I agree. I don't mix major beta software like Vista with my real-world use software either.

[Jun aka Pekto]

I tried installing teh 32-bit version to a 40gb maxtor hard drive. I got as far as 72% copied until the installation stopped because of an error about not being able to find a file.

I tried again and this time it crapped out as soon as my copy started. I may have crappy dvd media. &%*$U Memorex!

Edit: Vista Beta is low priority for me. So, that's about it until the actual release version comes out.....

[mikmik316]

Oh well for those not comfortable with both production & test versions of software int their own PC... I guess you should be disciplined enough to have all the back-ups done... I have an external 60Gb USB HDD & DVD Writer and another PC to park data so I guess I have triple assurance that my data will still be there when everything goes wrong...

Then if your not contributing anything for this thread and trying to trash the software then I guess you have no place to write posts here in this thread...

[Jun aka Pekto]

Hold on.... 3rd time's the charm...... Cool!
I still have to install the latest Catalyst drivers. But, I'm fine here....
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[Jun aka Pekto]

On a pc with the folowing specs:
AMD X2 4200+
2gb DDR400 ram
ASUS X800XL ViVo
40gb hard drive

Vista Ultimate is smooth especially with the Catalyst drivers. I haven't installed any games yet. For now, I'm just exploring around..... So far so good.

[mikmik316]

Sir Jun maganda pala specs ng PC mo e kaya maganda performance... Maganda din kapag DirectX 9 compliant yung video card mo pala... i like the translucent effects based dun sa desktop pics mo..

My PC has these specs
Northwood P4 1.8Ghz
1Gb DDR266
Built-in Intel 845 graphics
80Gb PATA HDD

I have already installed the following:
Java distributable
YM 8.0
Adobe Reader 7.0.8
Skype 2.5

Had the following crashes:
Weather Gadget crashes sometimes - will be fixed on the next Vista RTM
Burned Summerslam DVD sa DVD+R crashes in Vista pero ok naman sa XP

Other than that its smooth smooth smooth!

[Jun aka Pekto]

I'm not fond of the thick border around windows or at least there should be a way to make it very thin as in XP. Graphics/monitors/refresh rates still need some work. I'm running dual-monitor at 2048x768. I can't get one of the Samsung crt monitors to go to 1152x864. It should be ok though with lcd's.

I installed Paintshop Pro 8 which worked perfectly. A slight registry glitch I had in XP is now gone.

I like this effect:


and this: