Windows XP SP1 1081 released to testers
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Bink also tells me theres an update to the timeline: Windows XP Service Pack 1 release candidate was not signed off as expected on Wednesday 24th July. The updated release dates are as follows:
Product Group RC Date signoff - Friday 2nd August
RC Product starts to appear on global DDS servers - Saturday 3rd August
Target ITG client launch date - Wednesday 7th August
Looks like Microsoft are on track to deliver a late August RTW of SP1 for Windows XP
If you are a tester, get on over to windowsbetaweb to download your copy of XP SP1 and tell us if its any good.
A study of 420 consumers by SpencerLab Digital Color Laboratory, an independent test company hired by HP, gave top marks to new HP printers using HP photo paper. Respondents preferred the HP print quality to traditional silver halide prints made by a local photo lab, SpencerLab said.
SpencerLab President David Spencer said in a telephone interview that some ink jet printers from competitors he would not name also produced pictures preferred to the traditional prints, although an HP printer had done best in the test.
HP's printer business is its most profitable division, thanks in large part to steady, hefty profits from the ink and paper supplies purchased for the printers, which HP sometimes sells at a loss, banking on future supplies sales.
New HP photo paper costs $17.99 for 20 sheets sized 8-1/2 by 11 inches.
Images on the new paper would last up to 49 years in open air, longer than traditional prints, HP said.