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[Moon Goon]

You can download it no fuss from here:
http://download.wind...en/download.htm

I don't trust the download manager bit, but Firefox worked just fine. Other download managers got blown off with some referer denied message >

One must still obtain a license key and activate Vista.

[Brito]

That's really good to hear

Can you tell how big is the download file and if the license is time limited?

[Joshua]

Can you tell how big is the download file and if the license is time limited?

it is only 2.52GB.

Joshua

[TheHive]

Starting to download. I change my mind after seeing the size. lol! 2.6 + Gigs. WoW!

Vista RC1 File Size.

[Brito]

Starting to download. I change my mind after seeing the size. lol! 2.6 + Gigs. WoW!

Well.. my monthly online bandwith is 2Gb. Guess I'll have to wait for a pepsi-diet version..

[smiley]

it is only 2.52GB.

Joshua

Look at this :
Vista Beta 2 32-bit: 3,12 GB
Vista RC 1 32-bit: 2,52 GB

The RC1 is 600Mb smaller!!!!!!!!

I mention the 32-bit becaulse the 64-bit is much bigger

Edited by smiley, 12 September 2006 - 07:06 PM.

[pscEx]

Look at this :
Vista Beta 2 32-bit: 3,12 GB
Vista RC 1 32-bit: 2,52 GB

The RC1 is 600Mb smaller!!!!!!!!

I mention the 32-bit becaulse the 64-bit is much bigger

Can I really try the new vista 32 on my several years old 32 bit piece of museum?

Peter

[smiley]

Can I really try the new vista 32 on my several years old 32 bit piece of museum?

Peter

I think that if it is realy some years old, it's not possible

[was_jaclaz]

...and it seems to me just yesterday (1994) the joy I felt when I bought a Compaq 486 66DX with a hard disk of 300 Mb and found out that the hard disk was actually 500 Mb, only formatted to a lesser capacity....

... call me old fashioned, but I find that the only attribute I can give to 2.62 Gbyte is "immoral"....

jaclaz

[Brito]

Back in 1994 I had a portable computer wich had a 4,86Mhz CPU, 640Kb RAM, monocromatic screen and two floppy drives - I was indeed quite happy with this machine - it ran autocad and prince of persia and a few other nifty apps.

After a while I've upgraded to a 20Mb drive - running defrag took almost 7 minutes to finish..


Windows 3.0 took most disk space on my drive back then..

[smiley]

Back in 1994 I had a portable computer wich had a 4,86Mhz CPU, 640Kb RAM, monocromatic screen and two floppy drives - I was indeed quite happy with this machine - it ran autocad and prince of persia and a few ote

After a while I've upgraded to a 20Mb drive - running defrag took almost 7 minutes to finish..
Windows 3.0 took most disk space on my drive back then..

Hihihi, technology ... my cell phone (Nokia 6600) runs with a 100Mhz processor...

Edit: I forgot to write that it also have 128mB

Edited by smiley, 14 September 2006 - 02:29 PM.

[Brito]

It was called "portable" because it used batteries (10x of them..) - I actually prefered the term "transportable" since it weighted around 10Kg with all extra acessories..

Here's a link with the specs:
http://www.old-compu...t...?c=195&st=1

[pscEx]

I also have still a WANG PCS (P means portable, about 20 kg!) from around 1975.
It is a BASIC computer with 4 kb (correct: KILOBYTE) of RAM and two floppies with about 300 kb each.
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When I let it compete with my 2.4 GHz PC and increment numbers, my WANG is trying to output 1000 while the PC crashes with a long integer overflow.

BTW: besides the WANG you see a part of my old SUN UNIX WS from about 1985.

Peter

[pscEx]

I did download ! DSL2000 and about 2 hours

Currently I see no way tu use it as a source for WinBuilder: No directory comparable with I386.
Everything different. Only a 'Setup'

Maybe the different larger files contain someting suitable.

Peter

[smiley]

I did download ! DSL2000 and about 2 hours

Currently I see no way tu use it as a source for WinBuilder: No directory comparable with I386.
Everything different. Only a 'Setup'

Maybe the different larger files contain someting suitable.

Peter

There is a .wim file that is HUGE. It's a new type of SDI images but i don't know how to unpack it...

[was_jaclaz]

There is a .wim file that is HUGE. It's a new type of SDI images but i don't know how to unpack it...

Google is your friend.... :
http://www.apcstart....mat-with-imagex

Now we know which program is needed, ImageX from the WAIK, but:

Unfortunately WAIK isn’t yet available for public download — it is only available to Microsoft-invited formal beta testers of Vista. However, we suspect it will be publicly available soon.

maybe through Microsoft Connect:
http://4sysops.com/a...-windows-vista/


jaclaz

[Alexei]

I did download ! DSL2000 and about 2 hours

Currently I see no way tu use it as a source for WinBuilder: No directory comparable with I386.
Everything different. Only a 'Setup'

Maybe the different larger files contain someting suitable.

Peter

It's possible to "extract" PE from Longhorn
See http://board.iexbeta...showtopic=42111
I believe, soon it will be the same with Vista

BTW, this MSFN topic is an interesting reading:
http://www.msfn.org/...mp;#entry436308


Alexei