Re: Just discovered this NG - a question about getting Vista

Olav Tollefsen wrote:

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>>> I am guessing that you need to be on some development team or beta
>>> program to try out Vista...but on the offhand that I may be
>>> mistaken, how I can I get a copy of Vista OS to test out?
>>> I have an extra PC that I would like to try it on.
>>> Can I sign up for something at MS and download a beta/trial version?
>>> Thanks

$800.00 - $1000.00 for a Vista beta when it might be released as a free to
the public download in the next couple weeks - why? It would be cheaper to
fly to a conference where they hand out those things for free, than pay a
grand for an MSDN subscription.