Like many over the past few days, I have downloaded and installed the release versions of Windows Vista and Office 2007 on a test machine. The build went something like this;

• Windows Vista Ultimate
  • Windows Live Messenger
    • Windows Live Writer Beta
      • Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite
        • Visual Studio Team Foundation Explorer
          • Daemon Tools 4.0.6
            • Visual Studio 2005 SP1 (Beta)
              • Office 2007 Professional
                • Office 2007 SaveAs PDF or XPS addon
                  • Windows Powershell for Vista (RC2)

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                  I’ve still got a few tools and utilities I need on the test machine and I know it’s going to be fun finding out which ones are going to play nicely on Vista. If you haven’t grabbed the bits and started playing with them, you certainly should be considering it. The Vista install is a very smooth experience now if your hardware’s up to it.