Microsoft Has A Heart: Free Vista Ultimate To Invited Testers
If you were one of the 20,000 people invited to test out Windows Vista then you’re gonna have a nice present coming to you. In an email sent out to those invited testers it said that you were eligible to receive a free version of Windows Vista Ultimate edition if you had filed at least one bug during the course of your testing. If you did then Microsoft will provide a download link so that you can get your free copy along with the product key.
I think it is great Microsoft is doing this because they need to show their appreciation to the people who helped make the operating system what it is today. From what I’ve read online if you got into the program back in Beta 1 then finding a bug was as simple as starting the operating system. That may be exaggerating things a little bit but at that stage Vista was not usable as an everyday operating system according to many reviews. Heck, when I was able to start using it when they released Beta 2 it wasn’t even usable as my primary OS so I’m sure Beta 1 was a nightmare.
Now I think it would be really cool if Microsoft gave free copies of Vista to all of the public testers as well. I mean really, it is only a few million people right? 
News Source: Neowin Forums (you’ll find the full email sent to testers there)
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im kicking myself as i had a microsoft connect account and didnt submit any bugs.. i do blame it on my internet ISP in South Africa however…
we are capped at a download of 3GB per month, upload as well as download, once that is finished, your account is blocked until the start of the next month…
if i were to download the various beta versions of Vista as soon as they were released on the Connect site, that cap would be reached almost every month, and i would have no internet…i liked to help, but our ISP has the monopoly here in South Africa so there is no other alternative… It would have ssaved me alot of money as i wouldnt have to buy Vista anymore…
Just to show you how ridiculous the ISP is, a 512Kb/s ADSL line costs $100 per month…thats absurd!!!
WOW! I thought my 5Mbps cable connection for $44 was expensive.
Ouch. I have 1.2 Mbs for $16. Anyway, that’s really nice of MS, looking out for their Beta testers like that. They really seem like they’re trying to change their image lately. Then, again, this could be seen as trying to butter people up. Regardless, I wish I was an invited tester
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That is about the same as what I am paying but COX boosted us up to 7Mbps, if I wanted 12Mbps then it would be $60 / month.
MS isn’t just trying to change their image but their products as well. I really think Microsoft has had a wake up call. They are starting to embrace open standards more and their is more of a commitment to quality and security.
I think as the next generation of management takes over you’ll see better products being shipped.
hello for all the free vista transformation downloaders for the many deferent vista transformation downloads that aren’t by microsoft that come with so many deferent problems like one getting hacked into with u not even knowing it from the download that alowes hackers access to ur PC so watch out for them because you get what u pay for and there is nothing like the real thing to buy the real vista from microsoft .
When Microsoft came out with this Vista SP1 great what about the bugs they need to fix now The current Media Player 11
Version 11.06000.6344 had now quit the sounds will not play the videos will now play my cyberlink which depends on some of windowsmedia player drivers it won’t works now but cyberlink came out with a patch for but it still worn’ work Microsoft fk up again
I had to down load SRS Audio Sandbox just to get sounds back to my computer I should not had to do this when i called Microsoft techsupport here in Canada and asked for there Teir 2 techsupprt they didn’t even know how to fix the media player for vista ultimate its say’s in vista I have the latest player now I tryed everything from the pc-fix what microsoft was offering nothing wont fix it.then Microaft Tells Me for $245.00 Charged to you’re Visa Master card we can fix it Gues they charged My Master card and now the moneys Not refundible but guess I will have to take tem to court now But Master Card will return my funds for servces not rendered and charging microsoft billing department with fraud.
I have Bell Sympatico 16 Mbps 1.GB Upload 16.Mpbs DL $108.00 an Month On A Residental Line It’s a hell of faster the Rogers will ever be Bell had teamed up with Verizon Wireless in the Usa where gonna Out do this Rogers once and for all Hi priced crooks ehheehhe they have the never to charge that amound for there 5-6 meg service if you’re luck you wan’t a fatser speed better pay fopr there buisness acounts hahahah