Windows Vista Beta 2 Released

25 May, 2006 at 1:55pm ET Article published in Tech

Microsoft has released Windows Vista Beta 2 to MSDN subscribers. Microsoft will reportedly make Vista Beta 2 available to the general public shortly. Beta 2 is build 5384.

View: Windows Vista Beta 2
View: Windows Vista Beta 2 Review Part 1: The Big Picture @ Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite

Microsoft [has] finally [shipped] Windows Vista Beta 2, and it will soon thereafter make this release available to the public via a Consumer Preview Program (CPP), whereby computer enthusiasts or anyone who’s interested can order a free copy of Beta 2 on DVD and install it on their own computers. This is a scary time for Microsoft. The company has gotten a lot of bad press lately for the delays, and the missing and broken features. And now, it’s unleashing Windows Vista on the public. The company expects over 2 million people to install Vista Beta 2. I thought I’d tell you what to expect.

Source: Microsoft

Comments

25 May 2006 ~ 3:00pm Sledgehammer70 Intresting.. very intresting
25 May 2006 ~ 3:35pm Thrax Vista B2 is Terrible to Install.
Vista B2 is Easy to Install.

Go fig'.
25 May 2006 ~ 7:43pm TheSmJ I guess I can't bring myself to install an OS that is neither finished nor supported by anyone. I mean, what's the point?
25 May 2006 ~ 10:42pm Thrax To report bugs to help make it finished, so people like us don't get dicked by a shoddy final product?
26 May 2006 ~ 11:02pm Mt_Goat

Thrax wrote:

To report bugs to help make it finished, so people like us don't get dicked by a shoddy final product?

It must be time for sleep. I thought Thrax's post said something else. :wow2:
26 May 2006 ~ 11:20pm TheSmJ Does anyone know where the actual download link is?
26 May 2006 ~ 11:23pm RWB I dont think it available to the public yet SMJ
8 Jun 2006 ~ 8:46pm alrunner4 It is now. You can get it at Microsoft's Vista home page. Their servers are pretty pressed, though. I'm about to install now!
8 Jun 2006 ~ 9:30pm RWB http://short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?t=46981