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Latest Vista Build Making Real Progress

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the better-build dept.

feminazi writes "Computerworld's Scot Finnie has reviewed the newest Vista build and found some significant improvements over Beta 2, which he had previously criticized in pretty strong terms. There's improved performance, greatly reduced installation time, four network control panels and some wizards have all been combined into one nicely organized Network and Sharing Center. Microsoft is also reducing the number of annoying User Access Control (UAC) prompts. There are some minor improvements in the way Media Center handles windows, but it's still buggy."

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  1. In other news... by elzurawka · · Score: 4, Funny

    The sun is HOT!

    Seriously, New Beta is more stable then Old Beta. A company takes the advice from beta testers and fixes issues the everyone complaines about.
    Congratulations M$, you have amazed us all again!

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    1. Re:In other news... by MrFlannel · · Score: 4, Funny

      30s? You call that hot? Over on this side of the pond it's close to 100!!
      http://www.nws.noaa.gov/climate/

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    2. Re:In other news... by MrFlannel · · Score: 2, Funny

      I see you Kelvin, and raise you Rankine (that's 559 to your measly 300).

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    3. Re:In other news... by grcumb · · Score: 3, Funny
      "[Windows 98 RC1] was stable, it was reliable, and it stayed running for days without problems, instead of crashing every six to twelve hours."

      Man, some days, the jokes just write themselves. 8^)

      For those who haven't had their coffee yet: the statements 'stable', 'reliable' and 'runs for days without problems' are not exactly synonymous.

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    4. Re:In other news... by Fred_A · · Score: 2, Funny

      Bah, you're just bitter because you've only got one network control panel...

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  2. Latest Vista Build Making Real Progress.... by Rendo · · Score: 0, Funny

    To a final product release date of December 2015.

  3. Highlights by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The server is pretty sluggish right now, so here are some choice tidbits:

    "... when powering up the hardware required by Vista, we had a brownout affecting neighboring homes -- a massive improvement over the four-city-block blackout resulting from the prior build. This is likely because I was able to pull several pre-release Xeon 5100 boards out of the render farm for Aero ..."

    " ... license verification now involves a latex glove for Microsoft's safety, and astro-glide for customer comfort, a major improvement over ..."

    "While it was annoying to have to confirm my Firefox download 18 times, Microsoft graciously refrained from sending another squad of Khazak mercenaries to 'verify safe uninstall of hacker tools.'"

    "Vist has not yet drowned the remaining kitten."

  4. Beta Coverage by bano · · Score: 5, Funny

    taco needs to create windersvistabeta.slashdot.org for all this shit.
    Seriously why does a friggin beta need so much coverage here.

    1. Re:Beta Coverage by Tim · · Score: 5, Funny

      taco needs to create windersvistabeta.slashdot.org for all this shit.

      Nah...they just need to give it its own icon. A panoramic view of a landfill seems appropriate....

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  5. wrappers by happyfrogcow · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wonder if this build was delivered wrapped in hundred dollar bills.

    1. Re:wrappers by twmcneil · · Score: 2, Funny

      I was thinking the author awoke this morning to find the head of a dead horse in his bed.

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  6. Re:Will it come packaged with.. by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 3, Funny

    > Duke Nuken Forever?
    Yes, and the TV ads will be done by the Prophet Zarquon.

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  7. Unrealistic expectations by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    We each have our own metric here. I'd say Vista was making real progress when it could fit in the memory footprint of XP -- or better yet, 2K.

    2K?!? For a modern operating system? The average Atari 2600 game is larger than that!
  8. Re:UAC by Ant+P. · · Score: 2, Funny

    I knew it! Vista's going to open a portal to hell.