Whistler preview Download

[cyclone2]

You can get the preview [trial?] version of Whistler from MS by downloading it $9.95 or have cd mailed $19.95 http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/preview/order.asp
Review here "Regardless of the Windows version you're using today, you're going to want Windows XP." http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/windowsxp_beta2.asp

[OuTpaTienT]

Regardless of the Windows version you're using today, you're going to want Windows XP
<FONT COLOR="red">LOL!</FONT c> Oh I <u>HIGHLY</u> doubt that. In fact, I'd say exactly the opposite.

Check out the latest MS BS: Windows Product Activation ID, you & your hardware will be CONSTANTLY monitored. (http://arstechnica.com/wankerdesk/01q1/wpa-2.html) Upgrade your machine, swap a motherboard? You will need a new ID before Windows will allow you to complete the boot. Sounds like a bad joke, but appearantly it's true.

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btw, anyone fool enough to pay money to beta test someone else's product isn't firing on all cylinders in the first place.

[jad1097]

There are ways around that. .

[This message has been edited by jad1097 (edited 03-27-2001).]

[cyclone2]

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Regardless of the Windows version you're using today, you're going to want Windows XP
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thats not from my lips http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif

Just passing along the news, just passin it along http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif lol

[Jim9999]

It's not beta testing. It's a preview, and preview programs are nothing new. It's Beta code, and if you're a small business and you want to see how your apps will run, or if you're looking to see how rollouts can occur, it's an easy way to get a headstart.

Beta testing is something quite different, and you don't become a beta tester just for the asking or for $20.

If anti-piracy is an inconvenience, the we have don't have anyone to blame but ourselves.

[cyclone2]

I'm curious as to how MS will prove that you are running XP on only 1 machine.
eg: I buy a legal copy of XP. I then install it on my 850 {register by phone not online!}
Then a few days later I install it on my 450 and call up MS for a new activation #
They say sorry no Can-do But I say that it did not like that computer so I'm TRYING it on this one!?
Thats piracy of course but it also could be legit. I wonder what their stance on that will be because we know that 2k has probs with many machines on this BB and it cant or wont install http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif
Also how many calls will you be faced with let alone allowed over the lifespan of this OS?
Shoot some people may still be running it in 5-8 years! [you dos and 3.1/95 people http://www.sysopt.com/forum/wink.gif ]

[Jim9999]

There will always be a way to steal if someone wants it bad enough.