Vista Beta 1 RC

UriA702 · 12-11-2007, 06:45 AM

Does anyone have a link for the rc for sp1 for vista, the RC should be released to the public today (12-11-07) If anyone has a link please post it. thanks.

PC eye · 12-11-2007, 06:50 AM

Where have you been? The RC1 beta verion of Vista was released over a year ago! The full retail editions have been on the market since the end of January of this year. The initial beta was out in the summer of 2006 with RC2 later in the fall. If you want to look over the five or six editions those are compared at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...ns/choose.mspx

UriA702 · 12-11-2007, 07:21 AM

Whoops, I meant the RC for SP1. Sorry it's late and it seems I'm quite tired and unattentative.

brian · 12-11-2007, 07:45 AM

ugh, no, they only relesed it to msdn and technet

PC eye · 12-11-2007, 07:47 AM

The beta for the first service pack has been out for a few months while most are obviously waiting until Q1 of 2008 for the actual final release. It's been delayed a few times or simply online articles are preassuming a non existant release date. It took a full year to see SP1 for XP and then add two more for SP2. Where's SP3 for XP is the wonderment for many! MS has been slow at everything except promoting Vista.

brian · 12-11-2007, 07:53 AM

yeah but with that quickness with vista lead them to one of the worst selling oses (not that is bad) but they need to get this sp out asap. i tell my friends it is not worth paying for it yet, wait a month for the service pack to come out

PC eye · 12-11-2007, 08:04 AM

While Vista is great with some things it certainly lacks a lot in others. This is where Dell is offering XP or another older version as an alternative OS on their new systems due to Vista being labeled at times as the ME II flop.

A few of the urks seen with Vista isn't frame rates in games but the lack of things like the add/remove Windows components typically seen in all versions prior going back to 95. WMP 11 hasn't seen anything in the way of visualizations with none included and 3rd party not installing and running.

The MS download page still sees the exact same ones seen two years ago with some for WMP 7. Hopefully the SP1 will fix a few needed items as well as any bugs. We'll have to wait and see how well MS does there.

brian · 12-11-2007, 08:07 AM

yeah, btw on the topic, is it just me or did vista improve stand-by A LOT? i mean it seems now my fan on my comp does not need to go at all when in standby where as xp it went on.

PC eye · 12-11-2007, 08:44 AM

I haven't really tested the standby mode since I always set the power profile to active for Vista and never on XP. That means no drives down or sleeping monitor. With Vista however you will find a few more background services to keep the cpu occupied over XP there. Plus you may have the Quiet'n'Cool feature kicking in there.

12-11-2007, 06:45 AM	#1 (permalink)
UriA702 Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 276	Vista Beta 1 RC Does anyone have a link for the rc for sp1 for vista, the RC should be released to the public today (12-11-07) If anyone has a link please post it. thanks. __________________ CPU: Wolfdale e8400 Mobo: Asus p5k-se Ram: 4 gb 1066 mhz G.skill 4-4-4-12 Video: EVGA 8800gt Lite-on IDE 20x dvd-ram/16x lite-on dvd-rom Monitor: 22" KDS LCD Raidmax smilodon case 500 watt raidmax psu Photos: http://mynetimages.com/album/uria702 Last edited by UriA702; 12-11-2007 at 07:21 AM.

12-11-2007, 06:50 AM	#2 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,730	Where have you been? The RC1 beta verion of Vista was released over a year ago! The full retail editions have been on the market since the end of January of this year. The initial beta was out in the summer of 2006 with RC2 later in the fall. If you want to look over the five or six editions those are compared at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...ns/choose.mspx __________________ Turning the Tongue into a Device Controller http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Sma...ory?id=5647175 Is EBay going out of the Auction Business? http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5626840&page=1

12-11-2007, 07:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
UriA702 Gold Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 276	Whoops, I meant the RC for SP1. Sorry it's late and it seems I'm quite tired and unattentative. __________________ CPU: Wolfdale e8400 Mobo: Asus p5k-se Ram: 4 gb 1066 mhz G.skill 4-4-4-12 Video: EVGA 8800gt Lite-on IDE 20x dvd-ram/16x lite-on dvd-rom Monitor: 22" KDS LCD Raidmax smilodon case 500 watt raidmax psu Photos: http://mynetimages.com/album/uria702

12-11-2007, 07:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
brian Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California Age: 16 Posts: 3,867	ugh, no, they only relesed it to msdn and technet __________________ formerly brianmay27 Main laptop: hp dv9005us \| turion 64 X2 1.6 ghz \| 3 GB ram \| Vista ultimate \| 240 GB HD First build: pentium e2160 3.2 GHz \| gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L \| 2.5 GB ram \| 160GB HD If you can see this, you have WAY TOO much time on your hand. Or you're a mod going through my sig. But if you do, copy and past this in your sig.

12-11-2007, 07:47 AM	#5 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,730	The beta for the first service pack has been out for a few months while most are obviously waiting until Q1 of 2008 for the actual final release. It's been delayed a few times or simply online articles are preassuming a non existant release date. It took a full year to see SP1 for XP and then add two more for SP2. Where's SP3 for XP is the wonderment for many! MS has been slow at everything except promoting Vista. __________________ Turning the Tongue into a Device Controller http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Sma...ory?id=5647175 Is EBay going out of the Auction Business? http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5626840&page=1

12-11-2007, 07:53 AM	#6 (permalink)
brian Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California Age: 16 Posts: 3,867	yeah but with that quickness with vista lead them to one of the worst selling oses (not that is bad) but they need to get this sp out asap. i tell my friends it is not worth paying for it yet, wait a month for the service pack to come out __________________ formerly brianmay27 Main laptop: hp dv9005us \| turion 64 X2 1.6 ghz \| 3 GB ram \| Vista ultimate \| 240 GB HD First build: pentium e2160 3.2 GHz \| gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L \| 2.5 GB ram \| 160GB HD If you can see this, you have WAY TOO much time on your hand. Or you're a mod going through my sig. But if you do, copy and past this in your sig.

12-11-2007, 08:04 AM	#7 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,730	While Vista is great with some things it certainly lacks a lot in others. This is where Dell is offering XP or another older version as an alternative OS on their new systems due to Vista being labeled at times as the ME II flop. A few of the urks seen with Vista isn't frame rates in games but the lack of things like the add/remove Windows components typically seen in all versions prior going back to 95. WMP 11 hasn't seen anything in the way of visualizations with none included and 3rd party not installing and running. The MS download page still sees the exact same ones seen two years ago with some for WMP 7. Hopefully the SP1 will fix a few needed items as well as any bugs. We'll have to wait and see how well MS does there. __________________ Turning the Tongue into a Device Controller http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Sma...ory?id=5647175 Is EBay going out of the Auction Business? http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5626840&page=1

12-11-2007, 08:07 AM	#8 (permalink)
brian Diamond Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California Age: 16 Posts: 3,867	yeah, btw on the topic, is it just me or did vista improve stand-by A LOT? i mean it seems now my fan on my comp does not need to go at all when in standby where as xp it went on. __________________ formerly brianmay27 Main laptop: hp dv9005us \| turion 64 X2 1.6 ghz \| 3 GB ram \| Vista ultimate \| 240 GB HD First build: pentium e2160 3.2 GHz \| gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L \| 2.5 GB ram \| 160GB HD If you can see this, you have WAY TOO much time on your hand. Or you're a mod going through my sig. But if you do, copy and past this in your sig.

12-11-2007, 08:44 AM	#9 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,730	I haven't really tested the standby mode since I always set the power profile to active for Vista and never on XP. That means no drives down or sleeping monitor. With Vista however you will find a few more background services to keep the cpu occupied over XP there. Plus you may have the Quiet'n'Cool feature kicking in there. __________________ Turning the Tongue into a Device Controller http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Sma...ory?id=5647175 Is EBay going out of the Auction Business? http://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=5626840&page=1

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