Bart
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for anyone currently using Office 2007 Beta 1 refresh (unlucky if your not up to refresh version!), Beta 2 is now available for free download.
Microsoft
Beta 1 refresh was pretty dam good imo. 
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James_DT
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Downloading it now, had Beta 1 but never really used it.
Isn't Vista Beta 2 out shortly, too?
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Bart
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Yes.
tbh, im done testing with OS's as i recently spent close to 1k on my PC. so i aint messing about with it.
might get a cheap pc to play with sometime tho.
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Doug
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What if your current version of office isnt 100% legit? 
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John
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Do you have the cd key?
That link gives me an error at the end but the dorect link to the exe works fine.
Just uninstall the old version, this is a public beta for anybody.
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Bart
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it gives you a cd key.
i dont have a legit copy myself 
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John
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I didn't get the download from the link above, its still down because its too busy.
I got the exe straight from microsoft server without the key.
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John
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Finally got one although it let you install it without a key.
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Bart
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couldnt find that.. although i didnt search for it
wanna pm me the link?
i downloaded the program last night (smat installer thing), but it wouldnt let me log in.
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Bart
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anyone found a link yet to vista beta 2?
cant find it publically anywhere
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John
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You get the key from the link you posted?
Its not illegal to download.
Its a legit public beta.
Public version of vista isn't up yet.
Was released to msdn I think yesterday.
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Bart
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yeah, ive got a key from an email (also the link i posted).
i downloaded the update/install program, it asks for my email address, i click login, and its not able to verify it.
even tho microsoft emailed me the info.
might jus be a glitch.
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dave17
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is it worth it?
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Cybermonkey
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had a little play with Vista today at college, it looks pretty smart, but it was running slow-ish on a dual core laptop. the start menu is see-thru
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Bart
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office is worth it imo, upgrading from any version.
as for Vista, microsoft really need to pull their fingers out and increase stabilty if they're going to get it shipped in time.
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Cybermonkey
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seemed pretty stable to me. just really fucking system intensive
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John
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Vista isn't system intensive at all?
Thats a myth.
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Bart
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hmm.. i beg to differ.
well slightly. the specs of the average PC has obviously gotten loads better of the last couple of years, and this new OS has been designed and based on that in mind.
all the themes, glass effects etc wouldnt run too good on an older spec PC.
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John
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Aero will run on any graphics gard with pixel shaders 2.0.
It needs slightly higher specs than xp yes but 6 years down the line or whatever it is, unless you are trying to run it on a pc from then it needs relatively low specs compared to todays pcs.
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Robbo
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Whay can;t you download Excel/Word etc?
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Bart
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uh? i dont understand?
btw, since this thread, i think microsoft is re-designing the menus again, not many ppl liked it
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ed
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Vista is 64bit only right?
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PaulW
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
Vista is 64bit only right?
no, its 32bit aswell, but alot of apps and games will most likely only be developed for 64bit in the future...
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ed
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Thank fuck for that. 32 bit mode on my 64 bit processor is beginning to annoy me. The lack of drivers for XP 64 is annoying me too.
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John
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what makes you think vista 64 will have better driver suport?
The drivers will be esentially the same as xp.
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