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Unlike previous builds, this build is worthy of being called production material, meaning, you can run it as a daily OS. It is very stable, I have had no crashes, it just works! Unlike previous builds, it is FAST! booting is only 29 seconds from the push of the power button to the login screen. IE7 is very stable, and those annoying POP-UP's about sites are unsafe even though you know them not to be are gone. IE7 is also very fast, Faster than Firefox!
With that said, there are a few annoying things that i think should be fixed, like being able to delete your recycle bin. Under XP, you can't do this, but for some reason, MS thinks its a good idea. By accident, i had delete in mind when i wanted to "Empty" my bin and lost it altogether, but you can bring it back under your personalization settings. Networking has gotten a lot easier, but sill is odd, I guess because i'm so used to XP.
Upon Inserting my freshly burned ISO and booting from it, the install took only 15 minutes on a fresh partition until i reached my first reboot, completing the install took another 20 minutes until i reached the "choose user name" screen. My time, Keyboaed layout etc were all correct, thanks to living in the same timezone MS is in.
On into the Performance check Vista 5536 went, with some suprizing results. In previous builds, i was only able to score a 3-3.5. This build rated me a "4" w00t! . I was greeted with a welcome center with all my necessary information along with my computer details. Also included was a lot of Microsoft offers like Windows Live, Live Toolbar, Live Messenger, Live Mail etc.
After setting up the network, i logged onto IE7 and looked in the live search section,, and low and behold, there was google listed as one of my search options. I am truly happy MS has given us a choice for our search engines.
I still noticed Turning off Vista still puts it in a sleep or Hibernation mode, but that is easily changed using my guide on the power button.
As for the dirvers needed, i still had to install my ATI Beta drivers, and also my Audigy 2 beta drivers, but other than that, i was set to go "right out of the box"
I am really liking the whole look of this Operating System, everything is polished and clean from games, paint, media player, photo gallery. Everyone is doing their job at MS, except the MCE team. Booting into MCE is horrid. It seems like its only half complete, like looking at a model home without furniture. It works, but only half-way watching the meir-cats flick, i could see a screen behind what was playing. Watching programs required plug-ins that wouldn't install like Java and Flash.
Well onto the screenshots, With this build 5 out of 5, i give this build a 5 in my book, overlooking MCE. Hopefully they will get their act together.
it is running so smooth, i forgot i was using a vista beta 
(And i want to be able to activate which is why I want to use my cd key and not the one supplied with the torrent)
