>>My mind is made up. MS is getting too desperate for marketshare and releases Betas to the general public way too soon. I, for the most part, will not load MS Betas anymore. They are causing problems that are not easy to fix. Plus as the systems get more complex they are taking a much bugger toll. I can't handle the down time.
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>I'm starting to feel the same way, but some of the technologies
>coming out are too compelling not to play with and check out. That
>way I'm ready to use them efficiently by time they are released for
>real.

Yeah, you "really" need to set up an experimental PC. I don't know how many hours I have into trying to recover from Beta Boogers.... (s) A PC where you can optimize re-installs. But actually it is the registry that is critical for the most part.


>Reinstalling a system isn't the end of the world either. Granted it
>took a whole day plus a few hours off the next couple spent reinstalling
>or configuring things that you take for granted. But it's a small price
>to pay for the benefits of starting clean every once in a while...

Don't let the Unix people and the like hear this one or "we" will never live it down! (s)

Tom
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