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Windows Vista, one more release and it's gold
According to information posted on eWeek, the general manager of Microsoft's Windows Client Product Management team, Brad Goldberg said there will only be one more release of Vista before the Operating System goes gold.
As with previous non-public releases, Microsoft expects a limited group of testers will try the build and send feedback on bugs encountered. After that the software giant expects to continue on schedule for a November release to business users and January 2007 to the general end-user.
Goldberg, who was on a cross-country tour in late September designed to get the message out about the business value and benefits that Vista brings, also said Vista is on track for availability to businesses via volume licensing in November, with broad general availability to consumers set for January 2007.
Despite of Microsoft's optimism on the matter, there seems to be a general consensus among the online community that the OS is yet to be perfected for a final release. I have personally tried a few different builds of Vista since Beta 1, and while improvements have been there with every new build, even on RC1 which is currently my main OS, I do believe there is still a lot of unpolished stuff that should be taken care of, both in terms of stability and GUI consistency.
As with previous non-public releases, Microsoft expects a limited group of testers will try the build and send feedback on bugs encountered. After that the software giant expects to continue on schedule for a November release to business users and January 2007 to the general end-user.
Goldberg, who was on a cross-country tour in late September designed to get the message out about the business value and benefits that Vista brings, also said Vista is on track for availability to businesses via volume licensing in November, with broad general availability to consumers set for January 2007.
Despite of Microsoft's optimism on the matter, there seems to be a general consensus among the online community that the OS is yet to be perfected for a final release. I have personally tried a few different builds of Vista since Beta 1, and while improvements have been there with every new build, even on RC1 which is currently my main OS, I do believe there is still a lot of unpolished stuff that should be taken care of, both in terms of stability and GUI consistency.
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User Comments (8)
Post a comment| Phantasm66 on September 30, 2006 9:14 PM | But how long before its an OS I want to use? With its
virgin TCP/IP stack and undiscovered country for hackers to
explore, how secure will it be? With its myriad new under
the hood changes, how compatible will it be? Surely its
going to be 6 to 12 months (maybe even not until first
service pack is out) before its going to be fit for general
use?
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| Nic on October 1, 2006 12:34 PM | I'm not going to move to Vista until it's been polished.
Microsoft probably want it out the door and generating
revenue while they fix everything that's still unfinished.
It'll be at least another year (possibly two) before I even
consider upgrading...depending on feedback from real users
once its out...
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| Kaleid on October 1, 2006 5:53 PM | DX10 will sooner or later force me to upgrade. A shame
really, since it's seems to be such a resource hog. I hope the performance will rather quickly be adequate.
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| TimeParadoX on October 1, 2006 9:48 PM | yeah vista isnt worth moving to right now because like
Phantasm66 said that it's a "undiscovered country for
hackers to explore" and it has alot of bugs right now that
Microsoft needs to fix still
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| Julio on October 2, 2006 12:07 AM | In my case I really like experimenting with new stuff, even
better with a new OS if it's stable enough... but like I
said in my original post, RC1 does not feel like finished
software lacking polishing in many areas still.
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| Canadian on October 2, 2006 1:00 AM | I am currently running Build 5728 of Vista, and so far, I
dont see many problems. The sidebar is a huge resource hog,
but other than that, it isn't bad at all in that area. Most
of my games work, but Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 causes my
display driver to stop working. All my programs work fine,
including a Virtual CD drive, and Ares. Sure, there will be
some security holes, but remember, they have closed the
kernal to programs, along with many other improvments,
making it still probably more secure than XP is right now.
There are alot of nifty new features, but there is so much
under the hood for performance increases. And of course, how
can one live without the new Directx 10 version of
minesweeper?
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| bushwhacker on October 4, 2006 8:11 AM | I will never, ever move to vista... I rather stay on Windows
XP. Tried it on few beta and hated it.
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| gooderguy on October 4, 2006 8:51 PM | I have been fixing Windows machines all day, everyday, for
many years now. And after trying Vista Betas on a few
machines, it looks like I will be going at it for many years
to come. Thanks Microsoft, for keeping me employed!
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