Windows "Longhorn" Beta 1 product key on MSDN Subscriber Downloads

PeterF
Early Adopter

Anyone with an MSDN subscription who noticed Windows "Longhorn" Beta 1 on the MSDN Subscription Product Keys page? Big Smile

Can't wait for it to appear on either MSDN or the connect site Tongue Out

Peter

NetRyder
Tech Junkie

WinBeta reports that it's coming tomorrow on Connect and on Aug 3rd for MSDN subscribers, as is mentioned on the official Vista page.
Can't wait! =)

irascian
Irascible Ian

PeterF wrote:
Anyone with an MSDN subscription who noticed Windows "Longhorn" Beta 1 on the MSDN Subscription Product Keys page?
Can't wait for it to appear on either MSDN or the connect site

Peter

I hadn't noticed and I hadn't even realised that MSDN Universal subscribers were going to get Beta 1 so that's a bit of a bonus. It'll be fun watching THAT download run at a trickle once word gets out that it's up.

Keys requested and all ready to go!

Thanks for the heads up!

MisterDonut
The Disco Godfather

This has made my day!

I didn't realize it either! Unfortunately, I can't access the product keys section (keeps defaulting me to the "What's Hot" page..

I'll keep checking.. I'm so psyched!

Sampy
This will be the sixth time we have destroyed it and we have become exceedingly efficient at it

I got a few Vista bugs assigned to me after a recent Vista bug bash so I installed the latest Beta 1 build and all I have to say is "WOW!!!!"

You guys are going to love this OS (and my machine isn't even cool enough to do the glass effects).

intelman

I think MSDN subscribers should recieve Windows Vista beta the same day, if not before normal beta testers, after all we pay for MSDN.

Tommy4

MisterDonut wrote:
This has made my day!

I didn't realize it either! Unfortunately, I can't access the product keys section (keeps defaulting me to the "What's Hot" page..

I'll keep checking.. I'm so psyched!

I was able to get my keys, you may want to try it again.

jamie

Sampy wrote:

I got a few Vista bugs assigned to me after a recent Vista bug bash so I installed the latest Beta 1 build and all I have to say is "WOW!!!!"

You guys are going to love this OS (and my machine isn't even cool enough to do the glass effects).

sampy scoops scoble! ;P

thanks for that bit of info - good thing you arnt a "blogger" or we'd hear you say that AFTER we already know!

sampy for ceo Wink

Maurits
AKA Matthew van Eerde

Sampy wrote:
my machine isn't even cool enough to do the glass effects

Sigh... no matter how much effort hardware engineers put into making machines faster, software engineers can suck up the extra performance with a few "cool" "effects".

PeterR

Can't wait to finally download the beta1 bits from Connect

It's already the 27th here in Europe, why is America always behind *-)

DCMonkey
Monkey see, monkey do, monkey will destroy you!

Maurits wrote:

Sampy wrote: my machine isn't even cool enough to do the glass effects

Sigh... no matter how much effort hardware engineers put into making machines faster, software engineers can suck up the extra performance with a few "cool" "effects".

Might as well put those precious bodil ... err ... spare GPU cycles to use if you have em.

And if it impacts CPU performance enough to notice or saps battery life, you can Turn It Off (tm).

Manip

Anyone able to lend me $2,799 so I can get Vista Beta 1 when it ships? I'll pay you back some day I promise Wink

MisterDonut
The Disco Godfather

Tommy4 wrote:

MisterDonut wrote: This has made my day!

I didn't realize it either! Unfortunately, I can't access the product keys section (keeps defaulting me to the "What's Hot" page..

I'll keep checking.. I'm so psyched!

I was able to get my keys, you may want to try it again.

Yup! Just got it! Thanks for reminding me to recheck!

MisterDonut
The Disco Godfather

Sampy wrote:

I got a few Vista bugs assigned to me after a recent Vista bug bash so I installed the latest Beta 1 build and all I have to say is "WOW!!!!"

You guys are going to love this OS (and my machine isn't even cool enough to do the glass effects).

Hey, Mr. Centurion, since you work for Microsoft, and probably are familiar with MSF, and the term of a "zero-bug bounce".. Is a zero-bug bounce something that is to be scheduled by management? or Something that is observed? I"m not talking an approximate time, but saying "we'll have a zero-bug bounce on 1/2/2005" (or whatever). It's something that was on a project plan at my job, and always thought it was amusing.. (I thought it was a observation, not a planned date). Or am I mistaken?

keeron
Obsessive Geek

Yay! Got mine as well (added the RSS feed for msdn subscriptions to my homepage - start.com/myw3b Smiley

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Tommy4

keeron wrote:
Yay! Got mine as well (added the RSS feed for msdn subscriptions to my homepage - start.com/myw3b )

Good Idea on the rss feed, thanks

Sampy
This will be the sixth time we have destroyed it and we have become exceedingly efficient at it

MisterDonut wrote:

Sampy wrote:
I got a few Vista bugs assigned to me after a recent Vista bug bash so I installed the latest Beta 1 build and all I have to say is "WOW!!!!"

You guys are going to love this OS (and my machine isn't even cool enough to do the glass effects).

Hey, Mr. Centurion, since you work for Microsoft, and probably are familiar with MSF, and the term of a "zero-bug bounce".. Is a zero-bug bounce something that is to be scheduled by management? or Something that is observed? I"m not talking an approximate time, but saying "we'll have a zero-bug bounce on 1/2/2005" (or whatever). It's something that was on a project plan at my job, and always thought it was amusing.. (I thought it was a observation, not a planned date). Or am I mistaken?

We do have ZBB's and they are scheduled by management but the date is often decided after the managment team has gotten feedback from the various teams as to what date they can hit. Even still, it's something handed down from on high and there are always exceptions and slippages (which is why I think it's a bad goal).

Sampy
This will be the sixth time we have destroyed it and we have become exceedingly efficient at it

Maurits wrote:

Sampy wrote: my machine isn't even cool enough to do the glass effects

Sigh... no matter how much effort hardware engineers put into making machines faster, software engineers can suck up the extra performance with a few "cool" "effects".

Less that and more a matter of testing. Out of the box in Beta 1, only certain cards are supported for the glass effects under the LDDM. After Beta 1 ships, I'm sure that list will increase as more hardware companies come on board with Vista.

But yes, we will always use what we have Smiley

irascian
Irascible Ian

Tommy4 wrote:

keeron wrote: Yay! Got mine as well (added the RSS feed for msdn subscriptions to my homepage - start.com/myw3b )

Good Idea on the rss feed, thanks

I've found the RSS feed unreliable. Often you'll get an RSS item saying something's available for download quite some time before it actually is.

PeterF
Early Adopter

which cards are supported?
At work I've got a Longhorn test machine with an ATI X800 and at home an NVidia 6800GT. Would they suffice?

What are the typical Longhorn test machine configurations so we can prevent hardware incompatibility issues?

Thanks,
Peter

The J

What are the specs of the computer you are running the beta on, Sampy? Is compatibility dependent on nVidia and ATi releasing newer drivers or on the OS itself? I'd imagine that any DirectX 9.0-compliant card could do the glass effects (ATi Radeon 9500 and above; nVidia GeForce FX 5200 and above), but don't quote me on that.

PeterF
Early Adopter

I believe that the ATI, NVidia, Intel, S3, Matrox etc would need to have checked in their LDDM based drivers in time for inboxing. Some companies however are more on schedule than others...

Sampy
This will be the sixth time we have destroyed it and we have become exceedingly efficient at it

The J wrote:
What are the specs of the computer you are running the beta on, Sampy? Is compatibility dependent on nVidia and ATi releasing newer drivers or on the OS itself? I'd imagine that any DirectX 9.0-compliant card could do the glass effects (ATi Radeon 9500 and above; nVidia GeForce FX 5200 and above), but don't quote me on that.

That sounds about right.

The machine I have at work has a GeForce 4 in it Sad

celtic_warrior1888

I noticed the Product Key had disappeared after the alpha release from 2004, but I've just checked mine this morning at it's there!

I can't wait !!

Loadsgood
What is your answer?

Sampy wrote:
Less that and more a matter of testing. Out of the box in Beta 1, only certain cards are supported for the glass effects under the LDDM. After Beta 1 ships, I'm sure that list will increase as more hardware companies come on board with Vista.

Yes, no MasterCard or American Express cards work with Vista. "Vista needs to be the main card, erm, scrap that, OS with all hardware companies!" - Steve Ballmer.

Wink

Loadsgood.

Windows &quot;Longhorn&quot; Beta 1 product key on MSDN Subscriber Downloads