The final retail version of Windows Vista is nowhere in sight yet but the beta version of Window Vista has already set a world-record on the internet.
Windows Vista Beta 2 Installer, which is an ISO file of about 3.5 GB, has become the largest downloaded software in the history of Internet.
While Microsoft is not commenting on the download statistics of Windows Vista, they do feel that it could choke the internet pipeline with so many people downloading a 3.5 GB file at the same time across the globe
A similar bandwidth concern was raised when Microsoft releases Service Pack 2 for Windows XP.
Here's a recent warning on the download site of Windows Vista: We are experiencing extremely high download demand at this time. The wait time to start the download is very long and many customers may be unable to access the download site.
