This weekend I got ambitious and decided to try the beta bits of Windows Vista on my primary laptop. The install experience was fantastic, and I was up and running quickly enough. I got the remainder of the software I needed installed.

Unfortunately, I waited to install and run VMWare until the end. VMWare 5.5.1 froze up when I tried to start any VM. This was a deal breaker for me. I just wanted to run the Vista Beta, not rebuild all of my VMs, so I spent the next several hours repaving again… this time Windows XP SP2.