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Vista RC1 Build 5728 Publicly Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the new-build-out-the-window dept.

ClausValca writes "Doing some late-night surfing last night and came across a post over at Cybernet News: Limited Time Only: Vista 5728 Available To The Public. Although apparently intended for the TAP and Technical Beta Testers....it is available for download to the public via this Microsoft public download page for Vista 5728. There is a link on that page as well for direct download of the latest 64-bit flavor of that version as well. An Ars Technica post also has some background info on the new release. Techweb is reporting that Microsoft is specifically asking for feedback on this release, so make sure and let them know what you think."

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  1. Beta is the new Alpha and RC is the new Beta by ergo98 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wasn't there a time when "RC" literally meant release canadidate as in if this works we're burning this exact image on the retail CDs? Nowadays release candidates are really betas, and betas -- which are supposed to be feature complete, almost 100% apps that are only being tested for technical faults, are really alphas, with endless new feature additions and changes.

    1. Re:Beta is the new Alpha and RC is the new Beta by tomhudson · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Freezing the API does NOT mean its a release candidate in anyone's universe except Microsofts'.

      A release candidate should be what the term implies - something that is actually a candidate for release as the final product, not something that you throw over the wall and hope that it stinks a bit less than the previous attempts.

      That they're still beta testing should tell you something about how much their development culture continues to suck.

      So, download it early, download it often, and help artificially inflate those "look at the interest" numbers ... just don't install this trojan:

      In addition, once you install Windows Vista RC1, you cannot roll back to the previous operating system installation--you will either have to acquire and install the final released edition of Windows Vista or reinstall a previous edition of Windows

      Nice way of getting people to forget that XP already does everything they need, and locking them into having to buy an upgrade at retail prices.

  2. Link to 64-bit edition by unixmaster · · Score: 5, Informative

    For the lazy ones like me http://download.windowsvista.com/preview/rc1/en/x6 4/iso/vista_5728.16387.060917-1430_x64fre_client-L RMCxFRE_EN_DVD.iso

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    Never learn by your mistakes, if you do you may never dare to try again
  3. Re:My experience with Vista by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Good god man,

    If you give up that quickly on Windows, an OS that often takes the approach of insulating users from functionality through a very fine-tuned UI aimed for maximum user friendliness, then I hate to think what must have happened when you tried an OS that takes a "more power to the user" ideology, like say, "Linux"?

    Step 1: Install Linux
    Step 2: Try to compile something
    Step 3: It breaks, throw-away Linux in absolute disgust
    Step 4: Return to pre-configured Microsoft Bob, where it's safe.

    To further add to the absurdity of the previous post, the code you are using is _NOT_ finished. I'm not defending Windows, just preaching common sense. It's quite possible it could have been a bug specific to the users setup.

    It's uninformative, ridiculous comments like the former that harm Slashdot, offering a stereotypical Windows bashing with no real merit, contributing nothing.