TopTechNews have an interesting article about the problems that Beta testers are finding with Windows Vista.
Things are not looking that promising for Vista at present, certainly my experience of it is reflected in the comments they make in this article. I find it especially interesting that the anti virus vendors appear to be struggling [...]

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Computerworld.com have a very interesting article on the 20 things that you definately WON’T like about Microsoft Vista
From my little experience of Vista many of the comments ring bells straight away. It seems Microsoft, despite all its marketing muscle and technical expertise still hasn’t learned any lessons from its main competitors ( Mostly Apple ). [...]

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This article by George OU on ZDNet has just made me laugh out loud !
George claims that Apple’s launch of 4 versions of OSX over the last 5 years is a bad thing and Microsoft ( who havent really launched a major desktop OS release since Windows 2000 - XP was just a glossy layer [...]

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A few days ago Microsoft took the step of releasing Microsoft Office 2007 Beta 2 for public download. If you don’t have broadband then you probably won’t want to download it, and if you also don’t want to part with the six or so quid ( UK Pounds ) for the DVD to be posted [...]

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So I have been using Office 2007 beta 2 now for a week or so and at the moment it is a pretty mixed bag. There is some really promising stuff in here, but at the moment I am finding my main app ( Outlook ) just a little too broken for comfort, and I [...]

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Not only is Microsoft Office 2007 Beta available for download but now it has been joined by Vista Beta 2 !
The same deal that is available for Office, download or order on DVD, is now available for Vista
Unfortunately there are restrictions being placed on the download, and so far when I have tried I [...]

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Microsoft have made available Beta versions of a range of new Office products on their Get The Beta site.
Software available for download/evaluation includes Office 2007, Visio 2007, Project 2007, OneNote 2007, Publisher 2007, Sharepoint etc…
If you are at all interested in evaluating the latest Microsoft products all you need is a Microsoft Passport to login. [...]

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