Vista RC1 available now, 9 hours of downloading to go

By Kevin C. Tofel | Friday, September 1, 2006 | 7:34 PM CT | 3 comments |

Rc1_1

Some folks say a picture is worth a thousand words; this one is worth approximately 2.5 billion bytes. Seriously, as I mentioned last week when discussing pre RC-1, Vista is becoming more solid by the day and I’m looking forward to popping this on a Tablet PC and possibly even a UMPC over the weekend. This is the build that’s really going to be telling in terms of Microsoft meeting their planned delivery date. If you’ve got questions / scenarios from a mobile tech, productivity, Tablet PC, Media Center or general computing questions, drop ‘em in the comments and I’ll do the best I can over time: no promises, but what I can do, I will. Bear in mind that my main purpose is to beta test and provide feedback to Microsoft….

Comments (3)

  • I’m making an attempt to run 5536 as my day to day OS on my ThinkPad and I have to say I’m REALLY impressed with its performance. Other than the nagging issue of a few drivers missing (Bluetooth, my GC89 T-Mo EDGE card, etc) it’s been pefectly useable for all my day to day needs. And loads faster than B2.

    Gordon — 2:33 PM on September 1, 2006 Reply

  • I’m curious as to how much ReadyBoost actually helps real-world performance, if at all.

    Keith8:02 PM on September 1, 2006 Reply

  • Lora told me last night that the touch drivers are not working on the q1 in Vista…

    I just installed 5600 and it is running great!

    Rob Bushway9:15 AM on September 2, 2006 Reply

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