Windows Vista RC1
 

I finally got around to intalling the new version of Windows today. I had used up the thirty day trial on my PVR software of choice, and didn't really like any of the free alternatives. I had no classes today, so I figured I'd give Vista and its built in Media Center application a shot.

Early Afternoon: Tried booting from burned 64 bit installation DVD. It sat on the loading screen for 10 minutes so I figrued I'd try again. Unplugged all of my hard drives except for the main system drive and it loaded up without a hitch. Wiped my drive and installed fresh. The process took about 25 minutes and was very easy compared to XP installation. I didn't have to reboot once. Vista prompted me for the basic info (user name/pass/time zone) and I was on my way. It did a system scan and gave me a performance rating of 4.8. Set up the graphics driver, fixed some RAID driver issues and I was on my way.

Later AfternoonAfter about an hour of trying to get Media Center to work with the xvid and divx codecs, I found out my 64 bit edition of Media Center was not able to support the 32 bit codec applications. Not wanting this problem to arise again, I reinstalled Vista, but the 32 bit version this time. Did the same stuff, and got everything working by about 5:30. Woo!

At this point, I am very impressed with the Media Center. It seems to be very powerful and will play almost anything with the right codecs installed. I would post screen shots of MC, but it wont let me print screen from it. Oh well.

All in all, I'm very impressed with Vista. I was very happy to leave XP for Mac OS X, but now I can't get away from Vista. It's very easy to use and suprisingly stable.

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Re: Windows Vista RC1
 

I just installed vista onto my laptop and it is great! Took almost 1:30 to complete on a celeron 1.6ghz with a gig of ram.

Re: Windows Vista RC1
 

It looks good. Just because I haven't heard at all, can someone tell me how much it's running for? I'd be interested in trying it.

The Canuck

Re: Windows Vista RC1
 

Its a free download through Microsoft right now...

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvist...y/preview.mspx

Re: Windows Vista RC1
 

Like Adam said, it is a free download for now. When they finally release it, Vista Home Basic will cost $200 and Vista Ultimate will cost $400 a license.

Wetzel

Re: Windows Vista RC1
 

WOW I froggot i got theat thing in the mail a week ago and havent done anything with it. i was so disapointed with beta2 that i kinda almost dont care anymore il install it when i go home today

Re: Windows Vista RC1
 

I'm downloading and going to install on my PC (yes I have one) to see what all the hub-bub is all about.

Oh, I'm still loyal to OSX, so there's no chance of me switching over (besides the fact I'm an Apple Campus Rep.....) :p

Re: Windows Vista RC1
 

I've heard it runs really well in parallels too.