Got a phat internet connection? Download Windows Vista Beta 2 now!!!

So I missed the date by a few hours, but you can help us bring the internet to it’s knees by downloading Windows Vista Beta 2 today!!!  Ok, depending on your connection, maybe not today but hopefully shortly there after.  After the download is complete burn the .iso image to DVD and you’ll have a shiny new operating system to test.

Go to https://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/getready/preview.mspx and decide if you want to order the DVD kit or download the bits right now.

As you can see, this is a rather large download so you’ll need to be patient with it.  It might make more sense for you to simply order the DVD.  The price will vary by region but to give you an idea, it’s $6 for the DVD, $4 for shipping and some taxes for me here in sunny 100 degree Texas.  That’s slightly over $10 if you want to conserve bandwidth.

UPDATE:  Well, we’ll hardly bring the internet to its knees when we get these.  I was going through the process of trying the download for myself (so I could share your pain), and I got the lovely message to the right (click the thumb for better detail).

You can’t really read it, but it has bad news.  I basically says our data center is a bit busy right now. 

Now I’m really going to try to download the whole thing to see how long it takes.  With my 15meg connection, it should take about an hour.  Place yer bets.