Getting Ready for Vista
Getting Ready for Vista
Microsoft's next operating system, Windows Vista, makes some grandiose promises to maximize the potential of systems that it is installed onto. However, a look at a build of Windows Vista Beta 2 reveals that the more streamlined your system, the better the experience you'll have. (At press time, Microsoft had just released Release Candidate 1 of Windows Vista. The screen grab shown here reflects Windows Vista RC1.)
We installed the 64-bit version of the Vista Beta onto an Athlon 64 X2 3800+ based machine with 1GB of memory, and we enjoyed a very smooth experience. The user interface's graphics are fluid in motion and beautiful to look at. For a beta operating system, we were impressed with its high overall stability. (RC1, which we updated to when it became available, is even more stab…
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