Credit goes to Paul Williams (Active Directory MVP and serious whiz) for the heads up on this one. Over the last 3 days we’ve seen Windows Vista become available on MSVL and MSDN. This morning, both the x64 and x86 editions appeared for download on TechNet.
I guess I’ll have to break my PC this weekend 🙂 … assuming it downloads in time. The downloads are DVD ISO images. The X86 edition is 2555MB and the x64 edition is 3621MB. The TechNet download includes several versions of the OS:
- Windows Vista Business
- Windows Vista Business N
- Windows Vista Home Basic
- Windows Vista Home Basic N
- Windows Vista Home Premium
- Windows Vista Ultimate
The license key you input during the installation determines which version is installed. Neither of the N version keys are available at the moment. I doubt anyone outside of the EU offices in Brussels will give a $&!% about that.