It is not in public beta as far as I can tell.
There may be some copies available to MSDN subscribers. That will
cost you $750 per year. The official word seems to be that win7 is pre-beta.
see:
http://www.windowsvienna.com/how-to-download-windows-7-beta-a23.html
It looks like you can sign up now, and if they select you, then you
will get to download. I probably don't have hardware hefty enough to
run it if it is a resource-hogging jump like vista was from XP.
Rather than buying a bunch of new hardware, I may become an ubutnick
like LT Don whenever XP is unserviceable
I did prove to my satisfaction that Wizzta will run on minimal
hardware when you configure it to the 2000 interface. I found i
could even install it on a 10 gig drive, but that left almost no room
for patches and SW. Patches have really bloated winders OS since Winders 2000.
At 12:09 PM 1/9/2009, you wrote:
I was at my last remaining car dealer a little while ago and he was
on the internet I assume at microsoft where they had a deal you
could try out the new windows thats coming out now. Need to see if
I can find that and try it out.
Loren Faeth wrote:
That could be. I have never seen the home edition. I know the
consumer big boxes foisted it on unsuspecting customers, but I have
stayed far, far away from that and the virus formerly known as
Winders ME. I have played with vista business some, but found no
functional relevance to justify its existence.
Just another reason to buy a Mac. The mac OS is the Mac OS. They
don't sell crippled versions. (yeah, I know LT DON says I should
be running 6 or 8 different versions of ubutnix or some such thing)
If you choose to upgrade the Mac OS, it costs something like $100
for a full version, not $400 to $500 or more. a 3-4 yr old Mac
generally performs as well as a new windows machine in the
experience i have had. I currently still use an ibook 400 mhz for
my on the road computer. It will connect to any windows machine
and gives me the windows screen via remote desktop. I would like
to upgrade to one of the early macbooks some year, as they are
about 3 years old now. I got a newer, faster Powerbook G4, but I
find myself using the ibook still, even though it is 7-8 years
old. I like the small light machine that the old ibook is. The
powerbook and even a new macbook are bigger and heavier. Yeah, I
know there is the "air" but I often need a cd/dvd, and they are still bigger.
At 08:41 AM 1/9/2009, you wrote:
Perhaps the problem is that mine is the Home Edition, not the Pro. I can
get to system tools easily enough, but there is no 'backup' choice. I am
doing a search for the ntbackup.exe file at the moment ... no luck there
either.
BillR
-----Original Message-----
From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]
On Behalf Of Loren Faeth
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2009 12:38 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] O/T BAck up Harddrive
Backup is there in XP Pro. If you use the bubble gum interface as it
comes out of the box, there should still be a way to get to
accessories through the programs button. Look for "accessories" or
"system tools." backup is in system tools.
Or just do a search for ntbackup.exe that should find it for you.
At 05:31 PM 1/8/2009, you wrote:
>Loren - I use XP, which does not have 'backup.' It has a system restore
>feature, which I have set a few times, but any time I have needed it there
>has not been a restore point even though I have created several.
Should I
>use one available on the internet?
>BillR
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com]
>On Behalf Of Loren Faeth
>Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 7:52 PM
>To: Mercedes Discussion List
>Subject: Re: [MBZ] O/T BAck up Harddrive
>
>In Windows:
>GO to Start then programs
>then accessories
>then system tools
>then backup
>that launches the backup program. CHoose to configure it manually,
>and in the process, you can schedule backups
>with that, you can schedule it to backup every night while you sleep,
>or once a week or whatever you want. DO back up "system state" as
>that will help to recover if you have a hard drive failure.
>
>Most USB drives also come with some form of backup software. I
>prefer to let the builtin backup do the work, as it stays the same
>regardless of what/where i backup to.
>
>At 05:43 PM 1/7/2009, you wrote:
> >I have a WiFi net work at home, run WinXP.
> >
> >I'd like to buy one of the plug in hard drives and configure to auto
> >backup the 2 PC and one Laptop.
> >
> >Is this possible to do? Software?
> >
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