Make a backup of your system, you're getting a beta version that day.
Participants will receive a free copy of Windows Vista Ultimate after release!
http://blogs.technet.com/windowsvista/
Dates: Saturday October 7th & Sunday October 8th, 2006
Two Locations:
Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus / Mountain View. Email us to register.
Silicon Valley Code Camp / Foothills College in Los Altos ? Visit this site to register.
Timeslots: There are a maximum of 80 openings per timeslot each day.
1. 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
2. 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Checklist/Criteria to attend:
1. All important data has been backed up!
2. My PC?s Operating System is Windows XP SP2 (Home, Professional, Tablet PC or Media Center Edition) English x86.
3. My PC has an Intel/AMD Processor running at 1 GHz or higher.
4. My PC has a minimum of 512MB of RAM.
5. My PC?s Video adapter is AGP4x/8x or PCIe with a minimum of 64MB of RAM.
6. My PC?s Hard Disk has a minimum of 15GB of free space (on the same partition as Windows XP) to allow for upgrade.
7. My PC has a DVD-ROM Drive.
Resources we provide:
* Monitors, Keyboards, Mice, Network Cables, and Speakers.
* Windows Vista Ultimate Edition DVD.
* Food, beverages and a gift for participating!
Originally posted by: redgtxdi
And a couple folks have already hit on my dilema with this whole thing............
Sure, it may be fun to play with it for a day or two, but "free" is hardly the right word if it won't update, etc.
If this CD they give you (downloads we d/l, etc.) is/are only good for so long, then they're done..........what's the point???
XP works just fine for EVERYTHING I'm doing. I don't need anymore eye-candy. And I CERTAINLY don't need an O/S that isn't a real O/S. If it dies after a month or two, forget it. Bill can keep his software! :moon:
And if it really *IS* a free copy of the REAL DEAL, I suspect Bill wants something. He ain't gatherin' everybody together to give out free software. He wants names, addies, phone #'s, etc. etc. etc. Big Brother is watching and he wants your SOUL!!!!!!!!!
Originally posted by: redgtxdi
And a couple folks have already hit on my dilema with this whole thing............
Sure, it may be fun to play with it for a day or two, but "free" is hardly the right word if it won't update, etc.
If this CD they give you (downloads we d/l, etc.) is/are only good for so long, then they're done..........what's the point???
XP works just fine for EVERYTHING I'm doing. I don't need anymore eye-candy. And I CERTAINLY don't need an O/S that isn't a real O/S. If it dies after a month or two, forget it. Bill can keep his software! :moon:
And if it really *IS* a free copy of the REAL DEAL, I suspect Bill wants something. He ain't gatherin' everybody together to give out free software. He wants names, addies, phone #'s, etc. etc. etc. Big Brother is watching and he wants your SOUL!!!!!!!!!
Originally posted by: redgtxdi
And a couple folks have already hit on my dilema with this whole thing............
Sure, it may be fun to play with it for a day or two, but "free" is hardly the right word if it won't update, etc.
If this CD they give you (downloads we d/l, etc.) is/are only good for so long, then they're done..........what's the point???
XP works just fine for EVERYTHING I'm doing. I don't need anymore eye-candy. And I CERTAINLY don't need an O/S that isn't a real O/S. If it dies after a month or two, forget it. Bill can keep his software! :moon:
And if it really *IS* a free copy of the REAL DEAL, I suspect Bill wants something. He ain't gatherin' everybody together to give out free software. He wants names, addies, phone #'s, etc. etc. etc. Big Brother is watching and he wants your SOUL!!!!!!!!!
Actually I got response and registered for Sunday in MV location. For some reason e-mail from MS was filtered, so I had to recover it.Originally posted by: NYHoustonman
I hope to, but as with Mockba1, I'm probably too late :x.