Today, after much finagling, I suceeded in installing Vista Beta 2 on my Apple Intel iMac 17".
While the installation went mostly without hitch, getting all my devices to work with Vista was a horse of a different color.
Installing the Apple Boot Camp Drivers on Vista helped to get video installed and usable, as well as firewire, and supposedly, Bluetooth. Pluging in a USB cable from a USB 2.0 HD caused it to be almost instantly recognized in My Computer (Sorry, "Computer", as it is now called.) My Microsoft Optical Desktop Wireless Deluxe keyboard and mouse were recognized from the get-go.
But I had to connect via Ethernet cable to the AirPort Base Station in order to go to Windows Update (I suggest going to Microsoft Update, rather than Windows Update) to get the Atheros Wireless (actually, a Broadcom Wireless Controller) controller driver.
I also had to fiddle a lot to get the Sigmatel audio codec installed. To this very hour I do not know how it got installed and configured properly. Attribute it to the magic of my Fairy Godmother, or to clean living, if you will. All I know is that after much messing around (like all day), Windows finally recognized the sound card, and installed the correct driver effortlessly after that. No, I cannot repeat the steps I did to obtain working sound in Vista on my iMac, because I don't really remember, it's all a haze.
If I'm not mistaken, I also had to plug the speaker connection into the Microphone Input on the back of the iMac to get full use of the external speaker system, rather than Line-In, which only enabled the internal iMac speakers.
It will help to go to ATI and get the Catalyst beta software for Notebooks with ATI chips.
My Epson printer software CD was used to install the driver for the Epson Stylus Photo R220. Great CD. I can use it to install my printer in OS X, XP or Vista, without any trouble. For this I highly commend Epson.
So, as it stands, 1) I have Vista Beta 2 installed on an Apple Intel iMac. 2) I have full use of all Apple devices EXCEPT the iSight camera and Apple Remote. 3) I have full access to the local Network, as well as the Internet. 4) I have full use of my external devices, such as keyboard, mouse, displays, Firewire drive, USB 2.0 drive, and legacy Printer. 5) I have, at all times, the option of switching to OS X by simply rebooting.
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Donald L McDaniel Please reply to the original thread. ====================================================

Installed Vista on 17" Intel iMac w/2gb memory
Wow. My compliments on jumping into the deep end and coming out without water out your ears!
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