It's called Windows Vista Beta 2 and it's a preview of Windows Vista Ultimate - "the most comprehensive edition of Windows Vista". Written by Richard MacManus, Contributor June 7, 2006 at 6:56 p.m. PT ...

If you choose to install the 64-bit Windows Vista code on a system whose CPU supports it, your RAM limits vary according to which version you’re installing. For Home Basic, RAM tops out at 8GB.

Before installing SP1, all users running Windows Vista RTM -- that is, if you bought your computer with Vista preinstalled -- will need to install three updates from Microsoft.

The Consumer Preview Program offers Windows Vista Ultimate only. Ultimate, as I’ve described in past, has all the features of all other versions of Windows Vista. So you’ll get to see everything.

Nick White, Windows Vista product manager, has posted a blog entry on the Windows Vista Team blog that explains why after installing SP1 on Vista Ultimate there are no Language Packs available for ...