Yeah, yeah, the compilers over in building #6 on Microsoft’s campus have finished their work (it’s a cool room to visit, by the way). RC1 is done. Where can I download it? I’m not on the beta. I’m not a blue badge (Microsoft employee). I’m not an MVP. I’m not on MSDN Universal. I’m a loser!
Scobleizer
Rackspace's Startup Liaison Officer
jcposner: Chris Pirillo released a laundry list of gripes that ranged from complaints about the quality of fonts used in dialogs to serious usability concerns. I would expect that all the relevant teams listened to his feedback and gave it all due consideration.
I know that our team did. I’m not sure if we followed all his suggestions (I simply don’t remember), but I DO know that the UX designers read his article and thought about his comments.
Some of his comments have absolutely been addressed (new cursors, for example). Some of his are intentionally not going to be addressed (he wants glass effects on the elevation dialogs – that won’t happen because the elevation dialogs occur on a secure desktop, and the desktop window manager (which is what gives you glass) isn’t running on that desktop).
Isn’t the RC1 in MS Windows the first sign that the product is now in early Beta? And that it’s no longer in Alpha?
Traditionally, isn’t SP1 the first usable release of a software package for the PC? That was my experience with both MS Windows 3.x and IBM OS/2 2.x.
Isn’t the RC1 in MS Windows the first sign that the product is now in early Beta? And that it’s no longer in Alpha?
Traditionally, isn’t SP1 the first usable release of a software package for the PC? That was my experience with both MS Windows 3.x and IBM OS/2 2.x.
RC1 is a waste of time, I have deployed it into 2 of my computers ie laptop and desktop and it is still full of bugs. I think Mr Jim Allchin was not in a right mind when he said that RC1 has finished. Its not worth of your time. There are better stuffs out there then this
cheers
~Prince
btw Public beta starts next week
RC1 is a waste of time, I have deployed it into 2 of my computers ie laptop and desktop and it is still full of bugs. I think Mr Jim Allchin was not in a right mind when he said that RC1 has finished. Its not worth of your time. There are better stuffs out there then this
cheers
~Prince
btw Public beta starts next week
Have Creative got round to releasing beta drivers for Vista yet???
I’m fed up with toying about with an OS beta perfoming one giant mime.
Have Creative got round to releasing beta drivers for Vista yet???
I’m fed up with toying about with an OS beta perfoming one giant mime.
RC1 rocks!
That’s what i am using… XP is an old dinosaur compared to this!
RC1 rocks!
That’s what i am using… XP is an old dinosaur compared to this!
“Traditionally, isn’t SP1 the first usable release of a software package for the PC? That was my experience with both MS Windows 3.x and IBM OS/2 2.x.”
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That’s the way it is, not just for the PC, but OSes in general. Take Macs, for example: Apple essentially released betaware with OSX 10.0 – it took 10.1 to *begin* the cleanup (I think 10.2 was the first good version of OSX and 10.3 was the first great version). Also, Mac OS 7.1 and 8.1 were the first decent versions of 7.x and 8.x.
“Traditionally, isn’t SP1 the first usable release of a software package for the PC? That was my experience with both MS Windows 3.x and IBM OS/2 2.x.”
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That’s the way it is, not just for the PC, but OSes in general. Take Macs, for example: Apple essentially released betaware with OSX 10.0 – it took 10.1 to *begin* the cleanup (I think 10.2 was the first good version of OSX and 10.3 was the first great version). Also, Mac OS 7.1 and 8.1 were the first decent versions of 7.x and 8.x.
I tried beta 2, to be honest it sucked….slow slow slow…despite avin a decent pc, think ie7 is well slow, installed firefox 2.0 beta and a few other programs and it went nuts and kinda died. Then tried to reinstall a million times using every possible method and continued to get the famous 80070017 error (couldn’t copy the files over to HD) Hope RC1 is better and I dont have to try a million dvd burns, drives and case opening experiments to get this one to work. HHMMMppHHHhh!! anyone tried “Vista transformation pack 5.0″ for xp…..it looks great….google it.
I tried beta 2, to be honest it sucked….slow slow slow…despite avin a decent pc, think ie7 is well slow, installed firefox 2.0 beta and a few other programs and it went nuts and kinda died. Then tried to reinstall a million times using every possible method and continued to get the famous 80070017 error (couldn’t copy the files over to HD) Hope RC1 is better and I dont have to try a million dvd burns, drives and case opening experiments to get this one to work. HHMMMppHHHhh!! anyone tried “Vista transformation pack 5.0″ for xp…..it looks great….google it.
Odd, Beta 2 and RC1 both run nice and fast for me.
Odd, Beta 2 and RC1 both run nice and fast for me.
http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/rc1/en/download.htm
http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/rc1/en/download.htm
Why Vista?
It requires lots of resources…
..try Linux
Why Vista?
It requires lots of resources…
..try Linux
From http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/rc1/en/download.htm
32bit version
http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/rc1/en/x86/iso/vista_5600.16384.060829-2230_x86fre_client-lr1cfre_en_dvd.iso
64bit version
http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/rc1/en/x64/iso/vista_5600.16384.060829-2230_x64fre_client-lr1cxfre_en_dvd.iso
Please go to the Customer Preview Program website
(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkID=67708) to register and receive a Product Key, which is required to install and activate the software.
From http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/rc1/en/download.htm
32bit version
http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/rc1/en/x86/iso/vista_5600.16384.060829-2230_x86fre_client-lr1cfre_en_dvd.iso
64bit version
http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/rc1/en/x64/iso/vista_5600.16384.060829-2230_x64fre_client-lr1cxfre_en_dvd.iso
Please go to the Customer Preview Program website
(http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkID=67708) to register and receive a Product Key, which is required to install and activate the software.
Bad news for spammers…
Pakcar
Bad news for spammers…
Pakcar
I have recieved my email with Product key from service@ms.com but have been unable to download Vista RC1 as yet. Tried for hours?? Please help.Thanks jimmygb
I have recieved my email with Product key from service@ms.com but have been unable to download Vista RC1 as yet. Tried for hours?? Please help.Thanks jimmygb