"The Goods" - almost 30GB of software...

People have been asking me this all day. Yes, I did pick up "The Goods" :)

It's a nice black package with all the DVD's inside and a little booklet with the CD keys and other information. The second page of the booklet says:

You're holding nearly 30GB of geek goodness.
Can you feel it?

What's included, you ask?

Disc 1: Windows Vista Beta 1 (Build 5112) - x86, x64, SDK
Disc 2: Visual Studio 2005 Team System Beta 2
Disc 3: SQL Server 2005 (June CTP for x86, x64, IA64), Virtual PC 2004 (full license), Virtual Server 2005 Enterprise Edition (full license), Virtual Server 2005 R2 Beta (x86, x64), Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition RC0 (x86, x64)
Disc 4: WinFX runtimes, WinFX September CTP, WinFS Beta 1, LINQ Tech Preview and lots of other stuff.
Disc 5: Windows Vista CTP: PDC '05 Ultimate Edition (x86, x64) - Build 5219
Disc 6: Windows Server Codename "Longhorn" - Advanced Server, Enterprise, Server Core (x86 and x64)

And the obligatory picture:



Tags: Vista, Longhorn, PDC05