For those of you who don't want to (or can't) install the Windows Vista beta but want to see it in action, blogger Long Zheng has recorded a
series of seven screencasts highlighting some of Vista's flashier new features, in particular the new Aero Glass UI, its new Media Center and search functionality, the much-touted Sidebar with its "gadgets," and the tablet PC experience. Oh, and you also get a peek at Solitaire. One thing's for certain: It's awful pretty.
Tags: aero, beta, Long Zheng, LongZheng, screencast, video, vista, windows
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Subscribe to commentsPeterJun 13th 2006 5:22PM
It certainly is pretty. I installed the beta on a few machines. When I first heard about all the eye-candy I thought, "Who needs that? It just gets in the way of doing real work." But I must say, when it all comes together like that AND you run it on a machine that is powerful enough so the effects don't slow you down, it is very nice and it does add to the experience.
aJun 13th 2006 5:32PM
where is Solitaire? I can't find it. I wonder how good the machine has to be to run this.
Claudiu SpulberJun 14th 2006 7:44AM
"I wonder how good the machine has to be to run this."
- 1 GHz 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor1.
- 1 GB of system memory.
- A graphics processor that runs Windows Aero2.
- 128 MB of graphics memory.
- 40 GB of hard drive capacity with 15 GB free space.
See the details on http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/capable.mspx
SiddJun 14th 2006 11:41AM
the link isn't working for me :-(