Vista RC1 x64 Edition

The RC1 version of Vista is out for Technical Beta testers, and should be out for MSDN/TechNet shortly. The rest of the community can expect to see it shortly after the MSDN folks get their hands on it.

I downloaded it yesterday, and burned it to DVD late last night. Install took approximately 40 minutes (including human time when I wasn’t there to answer a prompt) on my Ferrari 4000 for the x64 Edition. As with all x64 versions of Vista, there is no upgrade path from XP Professional x64 Edition. You must do a clean install. I’ve installed Vista RC1 in a clean, dual-boot, scenario on the Ferrari. But I expect to move to x64 Vista full time as soon as I get everything installed. Looks good so far.

Charlie.

Published Sat, Sep 2 2006 15:55 by Charlie Russel
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Sunday, September 10, 2006 5:15 PM by Richard

# re: Vista RC1 x64 Edition

Charlie I have been anxiously awaiting Vista so I can populate the other socket on my Tyan workstation mother board a K8WE with another opteron 270 . When you say clean install, are you just referring to the boot drive? Will Vista handle multiple 32 bit programs running along side a 64 bit program? I hope my dreams come true with Vista. Rich
Saturday, October 21, 2006 12:46 PM by Warren

# re: Vista RC1 x64 Edition

I have just installed Vista RC1 as upgrade to Vista. Install worked well, but I could not send POP3 email(Receive is ok) from any tool. I also could not use microsoft update. I could use internet email, Internet, etc. I tried a virgin install, and same problems. I am running on ASUS A8V Deluxe (AMD3500+). Something is missing and the MS help cannot identify it. Help?