Microsoft Vista and Office 2007 public betas
Tuesday, May 23, 2006 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
Microsoft has released the public betas for Vista and Office 2007.
You can download Office 2007 here - http://www.microsoft.com/office/preview/beta/download/en/default.mspx
Vista download will be available soon here - http://www.microsoft.com/technet/windowsvista/get_it.mspx
Reply #2 Tuesday, May 23, 2006 11:04 PM
Download this beta if you can, it's quite amazing.

Reply #3 Wednesday, May 24, 2006 2:34 AM

btw, "Vista download will be available soon", does that mean in a few day when the WinHec is being held? (availible for the public, not just MSDN subscribers)
Reply #4 Wednesday, May 24, 2006 5:33 AM
I think Vista will be available in a few days. Beta 2 is available on Connect for people who have had access to Vista before. I just finished downloading Vista and will be installing it later today.
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Reply #7 Wednesday, May 24, 2006 3:24 PM
and if i do will it mess me up if/when i need to go back to 2003?
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Reply #10 Thursday, May 25, 2006 2:24 AM

Thanks for the heads up ToeJo!

I agree with you wholeheartedly Dr Nick,
finally something worth seeing!

Off to play now...!

Reply #11 Thursday, May 25, 2006 8:17 AM
For those who like to read, there is a link "Windows Vista Product Guide" on this page http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/ which gives some good insight on what Vista is all about - from a general use standpoint.
Note - it is a 60 MB Word document.
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Reply #13 Thursday, May 25, 2006 5:03 PM
When installing Office 2007 it says Outlook 2003 must be uninstalled.
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Reply #18 Saturday, May 27, 2006 9:42 AM
looking at the office beta, i think that windows vista now is actually worth waiting for....

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Reply #1 Tuesday, May 23, 2006 7:10 PM
Already running the Office 2007 beta!
Love the new "ribbon" design.
Waiting the next newsletter to arrive with the Vista link!