Each day, members of the Windows team gather inside the 'shiproom' to go over the bugs that remain, and to debate which of these can still be fixed in the days left until Vista is declared finished, a milestone that is expected any time now. The intense 'end game', as these final weeks are known, is a well-worn tradition inside the shiproom, which is on the third floor of the Windows development building. The small room, with its dated, dark wood conference table has been the war room for every Windows release since Windows 2000. In the meantime, Ars takes a look at running Vista on older hardware.
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Member since:2005-10-02
Windows XP SP2 isn't a new release - not even if had been sold as such (and newer retail versions actually are Windows XP w. SP2).
It's a minor revision, and not a major new release - no matter what people call it. You can then add on all kinds of applications - but that is irrelevant for the basic system.
The difference between FC5 and FC6 is bigger than the difference between Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
But why focusing so much on releases? The numbers mean virtually nothing - it's the functionality that matters and I prefer to get them incrementally.
Member since:2005-11-10
As I said already --- looks like you don't know much about SP2 for XP and the changes it introduced. Maybe you want to go to Wikipedia and see it for yourself about SP2.
People like you, you know, "Vista is just eye candy", are just plain ignorant.
It's a minor revision, and not a major new release - no matter what people call it.
Because you say so.. LOL
Anyway, Vista went RTM 
Member since:
2005-11-10
That's a right out lie. I made it clear that it did qualify as a release, since the basic system is differen
Well, you're confirming that XP is a new release compared to 2000, then XP SP2 also must be new release compared to XP, because of all of the changes under the hoods. With MCE, there's even more.
Basic system is different when going from 2000 to XP, but, not different when going from XP -> XP SP2 or XP MCE ???
Don't think you know what you're talking about. FYI: it was Jim Alchin alone who made it possible that we get SP2 for XP as free upgrade, while Balmer wanted, new release launched. For a price, of course.