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If you are one of those people who has not got Windows Vista yet, here is your chance to try it out for free. As a matter of fact, Microsoft a just released Windows Vista Ultimate with Service Pack 1 (SP1) test-drive which, without installing anything on your computer, lets you try Vista for free. But how does it work? Its is just sufficent to have a web browser such as Firefox or Internet Explorer, log in the special test drive environment and that’s it. From now on you will be able to try Vista for free and its features as if you had the operating system on your computer. Reading from the official test-drive website: “The Windows Vista Ultimate with Service Pack 1 (SP1) test-drive allows you to try (or “test drive”) this latest operating system from Microsoft without having to install it on your PC. By simply logging onto our test drive environment using your web browser, you will be able to experience Windows Vista first hand. You can explore the product on your own, or follow along with guided excercises and videos.”

If instead you are looking for something more complete, which lets you download, install and try the whole Vista for a few days, here is a couple of programs which fit your needs. In fact, just download Microsoft Virtual PC and Microsoft Windows Vista 30-Day Eval VHD to have the whole Vista available directly on your computer for 30-days.