Windows Vista RC1 Released to Testers
Posted by: Newsfactory on: 08/29/2006 10:54 AM [ Print | 9 comment(s) ] · 3305 views
Microsoft is expected to be giving product reviewers access to Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 (RC1) as soon as Tuesday. and the code looks set to drop publicly as early as Sept. 5
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Digital Oracle Unregistered |
#65156 Posted on: 08/29/2006 12:52 PM
Wondering, do I need serial/key to install it and will a BETA 2 key work? |
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sgtLENIN Unregistered |
#65157 Posted on: 08/29/2006 01:17 PM
Beta2 serial works great for installing and activating. Tried it myself. |
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scyphe Unregistered |
#65158 Posted on: 08/29/2006 04:51 PM
No idea about the coming RC1 release that haven't happened yet, but it will work with the current Pre-RC1 release that came a few days ago (today for the 100k public preview) |
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scyphe Unregistered |
#65159 Posted on: 08/29/2006 05:17 PM
"Microsoft: Windows Vista RC1 Released to Testers" How misleading is that title? There's no RC1 available yet, not to beta testers etc.. |
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tutu Unregistered |
#65160 Posted on: 08/29/2006 06:50 PM
Extremely misleading. |
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Domingo Unregistered |
#65161 Posted on: 08/29/2006 08:12 PM
I hope this release is more robust and performance friendly than the last ones. I remember that WinXP RC1 was *very* close to the final and was hyper tuned. My upgrade from Win98 was a wonderful experience. That last release of Vista was a MESS. I'm hoping they've cleaned this up. Gaming performance from WinXP was off by 15-20%...and that just won't fly even it it is fixable later. |
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jago_ai Unregistered |
#65162 Posted on: 08/30/2006 01:22 AM
I installed the Pre-RC1 build (5536) last night on my AMD 3800+ dual core, 2GB RAM, 7800GT SLI system and it ran BEAUTIFULLY. It installed really quick and booted up pretty fast as well. I was using the built-in drivers and all the effect ran fine as well. I can't wait to see how it runs when nVidia makes nForce4 drivers that are actual installers (same for the video drivers.) |
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StillCrazy Unregistered |
#65165 Posted on: 08/30/2006 08:15 AM
No it wasn't. Please pull this story. Thanks. |
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merlin Unregistered |
#65167 Posted on: 08/30/2006 02:49 PM
The beta 2 cd key will work. |
