Longhorn and Windows Vista

[Newf]

Anyone using this here yet? I'm playing with the Beta now. It's kind of neat but I was really hoping to get to see all of the new Flip 3D stuff. Can't seem to find out if I can try it or not????


IE7 is quite a bit different. It's like the entire OS has leaned a few tricks from OSX really.

 

[Newf]

nevermind, think I got it..

 

[solid_snake]

how did you get it?

 

[Rism]

vista is sweet as hell. i was running it for a few days and it seemed really well made and a lot more stable. It also seems less oriented towards mom and dad who haven't used a PC in their life (like XP was) and more oriented towards PC savy people

 

[Newf]

how did you get it?

Had to install the LDDG drivers I think it was? From Nvidia's site for me. They are called Longhorn drivers.

I can get the link if you want it. If you have ATI or something else I'm not sure.

Once they are installed, the special effects worked out great. The glass transparency on the windows, the flip 3d ( you have to hold down the windows key and spacebar at the same time to activate flip 3d)

Vista is sweet. I rarely screw with beta's any more but this seems pretty stable so far. Much different though and finding your way around isn't quite the same as XP. The sidebar option I'm not too sure about that. Seems like it's just in the way.


The OS looks like the lovechild of XP and OSX. That is a good thing imho.

In these pics below, there are two web sites. Turn on FLIP 3D, it will literally turn the windows Side on, and you can use the scroll button or arrows to choose which window you want to go to. It's all animated very cool.

 

[genericuser]

what are the sys requirements and how do I get a beta copy

 

[Newf]

piratebay.org is where I got it

Build 5129

 

[yashooa]

Is this the 64bit version or 32?

 

[Newf]

I'm no vista expert, but it's 32 I think. The bigger versions aren't out yet....I don't think.

I'm really liking the new interface though. Purdy.

 

[unwrittenLaw]

I think that the Vista Beta is only in 32bit right now.

 

[Dimitrios]

It'll be great when Microsoft actually meets a deadline.

 

[t3ase]

eh, the install took a bit long only to restart without being able to use my wireless card due to lack of drivers anywhere. *shrug*

it looks nice, though.

 

[Shane5425]

the newest build the turning of the windows to the side was taken out.. they could not fix the problem of turning them to far and dissappearing.. so it was yanked out for build 5231