Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 3rd Sep 2006 20:42 UTC, submitted by Anonymous
Windows Paul Thurrott has posted the first two parts of his review of Windows Vista build 5600 (RC1) along with a list of five of his favorite features. Update: Vista has a long way to go to be finished, blogger says. RC1 is good, but it's not perfect, and NeoSmart lists the reasons. Plus, it still can't synchronize with mobile devices, even though it's supposed to be code-complete.
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wow!!!
by roger64 on Mon 4th Sep 2006 06:46 UTC
roger64
Member since:
2006-08-15

Wow!! I am really impressed!! Look that. What an improvement after five years plus...

Microsoft tells me that the Windows Vista user experience is now as fast as that of Windows XP but "with more capability and consistent performance that won't degrade over time."

Nearly as fast as XP with hardly a little more RAM :-))

RE: wow!!!
by MikeGA on Mon 4th Sep 2006 16:13 in reply to "wow!!!"
MikeGA Member since:
2005-07-22

What does worry me slightly there is that Microsoft is now willing to admit that XP "degrades over time" - I doubt you would have got that out of them 5 years ago ;)

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RE[2]: wow!!!
by HanZo on Mon 4th Sep 2006 17:07 in reply to "RE: wow!!!"
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2006-03-10

I guess they would have never admitted that 5 years ago... but now it might be somthing to use to get people to upgrade.
Now I wonder if Vista has the same degrading problems XP and all previous windows releases had and still have.
the one thing that could give some hope is that the "degrading time" became longer with every release... XP lasts at least a year bevore I have to reformat the box, that's at least twice as long as windows 98.
But still... if it has this problem... yet another good reason to switch.

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