Comments on: Is the Vista ‘Final’ really RC3 in disguise?

By: Some Dude

Some Dude — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 10:40:22 +0000

RTM means release to manufacturing. They aren’t going to do any more RCs. This is the final the real deal. This is what you will be buying on the shelf early next year.
But just like XP, you are probably better waiting to upgrade to vista until at least SP1 is released in a year.

By: Consumer/Developer

Consumer/Developer — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 05:33:14 +0000

As a developer AND consumer, I have to say that the OS experince has just reached a new level. MS does what MS always does; they observe what’s avilable, build onto existing knowledge and concepts, then release a product that will eventually make more and more users familar with computing.

The new GUI is fun, exciting and asethetically pleasing. Most (of those that weren’t axed) of the functions that made it into the final release will streamline the experince for the USER, through the OS, to their looming project (whatever that may be).

I’m also a Linux (ubuntu, SUSE, RedHat, Mandrake) user, I’ve dabbled in a little OSx and a long time user of many windows version since 3.0. I’ve tested Vista since mid-summer and I am very impressed with the version I’m currently logged into, Vista Ultimate RTM/6000.

Happy huntin’

By: Simpson, eh?

Simpson, eh? — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 03:22:13 +0000

I see very few improvements in this RC3 version beyond eye candy. The best you can give us is that stuff that worked in XP is now working in Vista RC3??? Yay. That is great. So now all I need to do is go buy brand new hardware to run this dog? If I’m buying new hardware, it’s going to be made by Apple. They seem to do things right, OS X is ahead of Vista, and if I really think I need Vista, their new hardware is already Vista-ready. Sorry MS – too little, too late.

By: Intrepid

Intrepid — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 03:16:49 +0000

SP1 in 7 weeks. Yeah, right. Try 7 months.

By: David

David — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 02:43:47 +0000

It’s normal for the last release candidate to become the final release. That’s why it’s called a candidate.

By: MrZarniwoop

MrZarniwoop — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 01:08:25 +0000

Figures… besides DX10, i see nothing in Vista that is worth while. Think I’ll just stay with my downloaded copy of XP for a few years.. before i decide to pirate Vista. :p

By: Liraco

Liraco — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 23:56:41 +0000

Definitely looking forward to it. One question though, did the Aero 3D interface slow down the computer or was it all smooth? Or were you using the version without the eye candy?

My only concern is performance taking a big hit from it (especially when using games). I wonder how it’ll fare in that deppartment.

By: JD

JD — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 20:27:26 +0000

of course Vista final is just RC3 in disguise…this is how it works with most popular software (I KNOW it happened this way with Firefox 2), when it’s feature-complete and most of the bugs are gone, they release software to release candidate…if any more bugs are found, they fix them and try again with RC2…With Firefox 2.0, they got up to RC3, and it was fine, no bugs so they just rebranded it Firefox 2.0 Final and released it about a week after RC3 came out…so Vista Final is basically Vista RC3

By: Joe Blow

Joe Blow — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 17:41:45 +0000

“inbuilt”? ever heard of Office?