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04blackedge · 01-08-2009

Anyone else running it yet? Soooooooo much better than Vista in my opinion, its the speed of XP with the looks of Vista and more. The public beta is supposed to launch midnight PST.

bucky919 · 01-08-2009

Yep ive had it for awhile now, haven't used it much though, been busy with others things other than sitting on the computer lol.

Blhde · 01-09-2009

Im running a virtual copy. Seems slow. Might have something to do with being a virtual thing. It claims its running on a 8mhz cpu. IDK. gonna get a screeny posted.

Lord Of War · 01-09-2009

Can I down load this on to my comp? I have Windows XP right now.

01-09-2009

Just nabbed it yesterday. I have it running in a VM at the moment (the 32 bit version), but I've got an extra partition on my laptop where I'm going to throw the 64 bit version hopefully today.

So far, I like it. I haven't played with it extensively, and I figure I'll know more once I start to use it regularly.

I'm forced to do a lot of virtualization anyway because of the way VPN client of mine works. I literally work out of an XP VM because of the lack of 64 bit support (we won't discuss why I hate Citrix).

01-09-2009

BTW -- blhde, can you please resize that screenshot of yours? It's completely throwing me for a loop because you've got RF open, but also because it's obviously dual monitor. Thanks!

04blackedge · 01-09-2009

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Originally Posted by mental ambiguity

BTW -- blhde, can you please resize that screenshot of yours? It's completely throwing me for a loop because you've got RF open, but also because it's obviously dual monitor. Thanks!

I was wondering what was going on! Haha that threw my for a loop too

04blackedge · 01-09-2009

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Originally Posted by Lord Of War

Can I down load this on to my comp? I have Windows XP right now.

The public beta is coming out any time today, you can download it and burn it to a disc. I would partition your harddrive and install it on that so it doesn't mess up any of your other main OS. You can also run it in a virtual machine, I just like it having its on partition.

Blhde · 01-09-2009

Edited size.

I grabbed the new public beta files. See if theirs a change from my other source.

Ray_Welder · 01-09-2009

If I download it, Can I use it as a primary OS. Or is it just to mess with?

GrafixGuy · 01-09-2009

Where do you get this BETA thing???? I'm lost

Lord Of War · 01-09-2009

It has been placed on hold. Microsoft got such a large response that they couldnt handle the volume.

It should be back in a day or two.

04blackedge · 01-09-2009

The public beta is the same as the leaked, I just want the activation key. I have the cracked activation right now but I figured why not just go ahead and get the public one.

Here's the direct links from Microsoft:

32 bit : http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...FRE_EN_DVD.ISO

64 bit: http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...FRE_EN_DVD.ISO

RangerNDog · 01-10-2009

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Originally Posted by 04blackedge

The public beta is the same as the leaked, I just want the activation key. I have the cracked activation right now but I figured why not just go ahead and get the public one.

Here's the direct links from Microsoft:

32 bit : http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...FRE_EN_DVD.ISO

64 bit: http://download.microsoft.com/downlo...FRE_EN_DVD.ISO

Should I get the 32 bit or 64 bit? Whats the difference?

0RangerEdge2 · 01-10-2009

Depends on the processor your computer has. If it's a dual or quad core processor, you'll get better performance from the 64 bit edition. If you have a single core processor, the 32 bit is the way to go.

GrafixGuy · 01-10-2009

how do you install this? does it setup the partition and all for you? I'm going to install this on my notebook tonight...

kyle12201 · 01-10-2009

gonna have to check this out.

Mykhael · 01-10-2009

Ya how do you setup a partition?