Windows Vista RC1

On monday i dowlnoaded and installed Windows Vista RC1. We have a technet subscription through work, so it was no problem getting it…

I have to say, i really like windows vista. It runs decently (even on a mediocre laptop) and overall has a good look and feel to it. It has blue screened 5 times in 2 days, but hey – its still a beta technically.

The windows explorer interface now seems to be heavily based on the Mac interface. The bread crumbs, the structured left to right browsing, i kept thinking ‘jeez, this is how a mac works’. Running on a crummy laptop, i’m not really able to take advantage of some of the supposed 3d enhancements and capabilities, but i really do like Vista. :-(

I took some screenshots, and also copied all the wallpapers i could find in vista. If interested—

Posted on September 13, 2006 at 11:22 am by Vanberge · Permalink
In: Tech

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  1. Written by Kramer
    on September 13, 2006 at 2:29 pm
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    OS X > Vista ;-)

  2. Written by steve clayton
    on September 13, 2006 at 2:38 pm
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    Glad you like it – I’m hassling everyone in Microsoft to get it installed as it’s leaps ahead of beta 2 and even putting on my families machines now :)

  3. Written by Vanberge
    on September 13, 2006 at 6:27 pm
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    Thanks for the comment Steve… I checked out your blog, cool stuff.

    Thanks for posting!

  4. Written by vanlandw
    on September 13, 2006 at 11:58 pm
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    lmao…can you hook me up with a copy ;-)

    do you get the new graphics on your laptop..how much video ram do you have?

    i have a dedicated videocard in mine with 32 mb of ram

  5. Written by Vanberge
    on September 14, 2006 at 6:26 am
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    my laptop has 32 meg dedicated ati video.

    :-(

    it runs ‘ok’.

  6. Written by rusty
    on September 17, 2006 at 2:13 pm
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    i can get a free copy through davenport if i make a request. im goign to be buying a new pc soon, and maybe dual boot until they come out with something stable.

  7. Written by rusty
    on September 17, 2006 at 3:44 pm
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    actually once i buy my new pc i’m hoping to just run vista ultimate and try out the media center features. i’m happy ms isn’t separating those features into an entirely different version.

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