"Microsoft finally launches the long-awaited Windows Vista today, promising better security and improved search and claiming it will be the fastest ever adopted operating system it has released. But some users have already questioned the business benefits of upgrading to Vista, citing the relative stability and security of Windows XP and a lack of compelling features in Vista. Based on using the second beta version of Vista here are the five things to get excited about Vista for - and the five things you'll hate it for."
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Member since:2005-11-13
Now, why would anyone want to write about Vista based on second beta when BOTH RC-1 and RC-2 were available for free?
It's so lame.
Not to mention that RTM version is available too.
I'm not sure it matters, the issues that he wrote about are still issues in the RTM release.
The only exception might be limited user access, which is cleaned up in the RTM.
Edited 2006-11-30 17:42
Member since:2006-10-10
Regardless of what issues have, or have not been addressed yet in the OS, I agree with gonzo. They're commenting on Beta 2 as if that's the only release of Vista that has been out. Did they miss the press release of Vista RTM?
I mean, Beta 2 was just so bad.....so very bad. To base any official feature reviews, good or bad, on a product that was still, at that time, 6 months away from release is just ridiculous. Ebert and Roper aren't going to review a new movie theatrical release by watching the post-production dailies. That's just stupid.
I can't believe I'm saying this, but Vista, as it stands now, is so much better than Beta 2 showed it to be. In my opinion, someone at MS really f'ed up releasing that build.....beta or not.
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2005-11-10
Now, why would anyone want to write about Vista based on second beta when BOTH RC-1 and RC-2 were available for free?
It's so lame.
Not to mention that RTM version is available too.