Vista RC2: More Refined, But Still Not Perfect

jcatcw writes, "Scot Finnie continues his love — hate relationship with Windows Vista. He installed the latest beta, RC2, on three machines. First problem: drivers — too many of them that should be available just aren't. User Access Control remains annoying and Vista's Software Protection Platform puts antipiracy above user security. Software compatibility is still in need even at this late date. However, previous problems with the Media Center were absent." And turnitover writes to point us to PC Mag's RC2 review. Their bottom line is that they expect an RC2+ or even an RC3 before it goes final. Here is PC Mag's slide show.

Update: 10/09 19:33 GMT by kd : michigano writes: "This late in the game and Microsoft has pulled firewire support from their OS! No one knows if its permanent."

Comments

Perfect?

[Klaidas]

Still Not Perfect

First thing - it's a RC
Second thing - This RC is more like a beta :)
And well, when was anything perfect?
There's always more work to be done for everything, including vista

Re:Perfect?

[grammar fascist]

No kidding. These people expect too much. What do they want? A release candidate that's actually fit for release?

Sheesh.

Drivers...

[crossmr]

Drivers are done on a per company basis. Since vista isn't out, there is no reason to expect official support of any kind on a particular device. As far as piracy controls go... There has to be an exchagne of money there somewhere. Microsoft has more than enough money to tell DRM companies to screw off, so they're getting compensation of some kind. Likely exclusive contract extensions from places like Sony, and other perks to ensure certain DRM compliance.

Re:So which is it?

[Lxy]

All RCs are betas.

Not all betas are RCs.