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Shadow_Bshwackr
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 Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 10:53 am
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Free? Ok, what's the catch you ask?
MS is releasing Beta 2 of Vista for all to try. This has a time limit and expires to non-existence and renders itself un-bootable, but, if you want to try Vista, this is a way to check it out before you upgrade or spend your hard earned cash on Vista.
More draw back to this is it's a full install and not a "live" CD or DVD and it's weighing in at a whopping 4GB download 
Think you still want to try it? Click HERE!
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Shades
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Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:02 am
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Be advised there's a 64 bit version and a 32 bit version.
The 64 bit version won't run on 32 bit hardware.
Also, you would need 64 bit drivers which I hear are rather difficult to source for some equipment.
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Shades
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Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 11:16 am
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Windows Vista Beta 2 32 bit
Windows Vista Beta 2 64 bit
BYO's thread monitoring BYO members who have downloaded and installed it so far.
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CPU > Intel i9-9900k (o/c 4.9GHz); COOLING > BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4;
MOBO > ASUS PRIME Z390-A; RAM > 2x32GB Corsair LPX 2666MHz;
GPU > Gigabyte GEFORCE GTX650Ti PCI-e 3.0 2Gb GDDR5;
AUDIO > Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music (plus - Universal Audio UAD2 Quad Custom accelerator);
HDD > 3x1TB+ M.2. SSDs; LCD > DELL - S2419HGF (1920x1080);
PSU > 650W be quiet Straight Power 11 - 80+ Gold;
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Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 2:04 pm
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Some of the BYO guys have been finding some Vista problems.
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CPU > Intel i9-9900k (o/c 4.9GHz); COOLING > BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4;
MOBO > ASUS PRIME Z390-A; RAM > 2x32GB Corsair LPX 2666MHz;
GPU > Gigabyte GEFORCE GTX650Ti PCI-e 3.0 2Gb GDDR5;
AUDIO > Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music (plus - Universal Audio UAD2 Quad Custom accelerator);
HDD > 3x1TB+ M.2. SSDs; LCD > DELL - S2419HGF (1920x1080);
PSU > 650W be quiet Straight Power 11 - 80+ Gold;
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Shadow_Bshwackr
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Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 2:33 pm
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Problems? "Say it ain't so!"....(:D) LOL
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Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 3:25 pm
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lolol
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CPU > Intel i9-9900k (o/c 4.9GHz); COOLING > BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4;
MOBO > ASUS PRIME Z390-A; RAM > 2x32GB Corsair LPX 2666MHz;
GPU > Gigabyte GEFORCE GTX650Ti PCI-e 3.0 2Gb GDDR5;
AUDIO > Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music (plus - Universal Audio UAD2 Quad Custom accelerator);
HDD > 3x1TB+ M.2. SSDs; LCD > DELL - S2419HGF (1920x1080);
PSU > 650W be quiet Straight Power 11 - 80+ Gold;
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Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 9:34 pm
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yeah...ummmm...aside from my vid card crashing the other day this ole rig's been running pretty smotth so I believe I'm just going to say no..lol...
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