9 Reasons To Install The IE9 Beta

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9 Reasons To Install The IE9 Beta

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[johnshaw1917]

Thanks Prakash. I installed IE 9 and used it for a couple of hours. In that time, it locked up twice on me, so I decided to uninstall it. I will wait for the stable version to come out before giving it another shot.

[leofelix]

Interesting, thank you

9 reasons not to install IE 9 beta
1) it is a beta
2) many users couldn't uninstall it properly
3) Some security software might not recognize IE9 beta (as already occured to IE 8)
4) It is fast like a snail
5) XP users are out
6) an average user can get no advantage (average user = the most of users)
7) leofelix won't test it
8) leofelix said he won't test it
9) leofelix is not a masochist (*)


(*) leofelix is not a "Microsoft insider"

[safeguy]

Replace that "leofelix won't test it" reasons with these instead:

7) it isn't to be used on productive machines
8) it's a MS product after all (and you may be anti-MS for who knows what reasons)
9) For the above 8 reasons....do you really need another one to convince you?

But to be fair, there's 1 good reason why you should install IE9 beta:

1) To confirm that the "9 reasons NOT to install IE9 Beta" mentioned above are valid and justified...and add on to it if you find the need to do so.

[johnshaw1917]

Interesting, thank you

9 reasons not to install IE 9 beta
1) it is a beta
2) many users couldn't uninstall it properly
3) Some security software might not recognize IE9 beta (as already occured to IE 8)
4) It is fast like a snail
5) XP users are out
6) an average user can get no advantage (average user = the most of users)
7) leofelix won't test it
8) leofelix said he won't test it
9) leofelix is not a masochist (*)


(*) leofelix is not a "Microsoft insider"

Thanks Leo! Good rules to follow. In regard to rule no. 2. Uninstalling it was a breeze and just to make sure all traces were gone, I used the Restore Point I created before installing it.

[JayCub]

Mainly because it's beta, good enough for me, this time i will wait for the full release, read some reviews, but i will try it for myself
Thank you Prakash.

[leofelix]

Thanks Leo! Good rules to follow. In regard to rule no. 2. Uninstalling it was a breeze and just to make sure all traces were gone, I used the Restore Point I created before installing it.

Those are the consequences of being old-fashioned guys like us, wisdom comes with age as well as restore points

[johnshaw1917]

Those are the consequences of being old-fashioned guys like us, wisdom comes with age as well as restore points

Yes, well there has to be some benefits to getting old my friend!

[LunarWolf]

5) XP users are out

Who needs IE9 when you have good old firefox or new comer goolge chrome?

Besides, I am there will be a workaround for these when it is release. There always is.
eg.

1. In Windows 7 Starter, you can't change the wallpaper but actually you can with a few tweaks. Found that out while helping my friend to find away to change his wallpaper.

2. Windows XP mode for Windows 7 are suppose to work with Windows 7 Professioanl and above but you still can install on any Windows 7 below Professional. (unless they fix it)

[Ande]

As I've said before, running a beta is an exercise in masochism
But what the hay. Have fun!