Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 1st Sep 2006 21:50 UTC
Microsoft's Windows Vista RC 1 is done. Now it's up to the estimated 6 million testers to which the company is planning to release the code to determine if it really is ready for prime time. Microsoft has posted the RC 1 build, Number 5600, on its TechBeta Web sites for select technical beta testers, including TAP partners, on September 1. Microsoft is planning to broaden the beta to include up to six million
participants, total, some time next week, according to industry sources. Cnet has a video introduction to Vista RC1. Elsewhere, people are going bonkers over Vista's... Start up sound. Major Tom to ground control?
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2005-06-30
While I do prefer having a silent boot (or, as a matter of fact, a silent PC), it's kinda cool that they hired Fripp for creating the sounds. Perhaps I am a fanboy (almost got all his discs), but I'm pretty sure he will do a great job. Who knows, perhaps I won't mind reboots after updates.
It's their product, so they can do whatever they want with it. Perhaps power users will complain, maybe they will lose two or three people to Linux... but I am pretty sure the generic Joe won't care. As a matter of fact, he might like it, since it will mean that he got a Vista PC, not some "old" XP.