Vista x64
It took me over 1 hour to install Vista x64 beta 2 edition. First impressions are that it's very good. It seems slower than WinXP 32-bit, but it is a beta and I would guess that there is quite a bit of debugging code active.
The install process was fairly good & was uneventful. From fresh DVD boot to fully logged in it probably took 1.5 hours.
It installed a new boot loader that was compatible with WinXP 32-bit, so the new boot menu shows Windows and previous windows.
NOTE: It's very important to install Windows in the correct date order. If you have WinXP 32-bit, then install WinXP 64-bit afterwards, then Vista after that. If you install older products after newer products then you will find that they newer ones will no longer boot up.
SUSE 10.1 64-bit
The SUSE install was fairly good also. A few more questions were asked, but it chugged away and took under an hour to install in total.
It installed GRUB and now I can boot SUSE 64-bit, Vista 64-bit, WinXP 32-bit without issue.
Personally, I found that SUSE 10.1 is a far better release than 10.0, at least it is on my hardware.
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