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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Anytime you have 7 hours to spare, that is.

Of course I didn't use the Anytime Upgrade but a free copy of Vista Ultimate that Microsoft gave attendees of the HEROES Happen {Here} conference (or however they typed it...).

And after those 7 hours? Had to reinstall audio drivers, reinstall Stardock Central, and download sob jobby to reset my Live OneCare because it couldn't identify me or turn on the firewall.

And for what? I'm not even sure what the difference between business and ultimate is. There is Bit Locker, though I doubt I'll use that, and there is Dream Scene, which amazingly doesn't seem to affect the performance of my laptop, but I'm sure it will get old quickly. There is increased media capabilities, but I don't have a TV Tuner card, so really what does that do for me?

Wednesday, March 26, 2008 2:29:27 PM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

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Thursday, March 27, 2008 8:14:46 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

It's "HEROES happen {here}" - you ALMOST got it {right} :-)

BTW, are there just trials in the "promotional kit" that includes Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, and VS 2008? I'd assume they were, but some people I've talked to said that they've given away full product versions when they've advertised that they were "promotional" at these types of events in the past... I'm going in mid-April myself.

Here's a product comparison of Business and Ultimate:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/editions/choose.mspx

Looks like the only features you might be interested in are the "premium games" (Chess, Mahjong, and Inkball") :-)

Dave Gruska

Thursday, March 27, 2008 8:24:09 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)

Full products, though I'm not sure if the license restricts use, I would expect that the Server product can't be used in production. And the SQL 2008 is just the CTP.

David Kearns

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