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Windows Vista RC1 Impresses Critics

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the critics-aren't-always-critical dept.

bradley fellows writes "Early feedback from testers already using Windows Vista RC1 (Release Candidate 1) report that the OS is more stable than expected, which bodes well for Microsoft's plan to have Vista out according to its current schedule." Mind you, "expected" is relative given how many users regard their frequent crashes as normal operation for a PC.

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  1. Re:Interesting spin by Ucklak · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    9x just crashed on a whim

    Sounds logical to agree with you but I'll have to disagree.

    My experience was that 98 was far more stable than 95, which would crash on a whim.

    The only, and I mean only time that 98 would crash on me is after some DirectX session, and that was on a whim.
    If I left a 98 box to run a fax software to answer my phone, it would run forever and usually on crap hardware.
    If I played Unreal more than once, it would crash whilst doing something else - on expensive, good hardware.

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