Windows Vista To RTM - Nov. 6th

[jordanspringer]

Ha! Yes I knew it would be Nov. 6

[psyko_x]

Ha! Yes I knew it would be Nov. 6

lol thats cuz everyones been saying it'd most likely be Nov 6th or 8th.

[qdave]

So tomorrow the big nightmare The operating system formerally known as Vista will be behind Microsoft and they can concentrate on Windows Vienna due 3 years from now. :) :p

only after sp1 and implementation of all the other features which were cut out. :laugh:

[psyko_x]

So tomorrow the big nightmare The operating system formerally known as Vista will be behind Microsoft and they can concentrate on Windows Vienna due 3 years from now. :) :p

Is "formerally" one of those big SAT words?

[Randolph]

I can't wait to get my hands on this!!

[tomwarren Veteran]

cool, if it does then next monday i'll grab it off MSDN :)

[+Warwagon MVC]

prays they fix error code 43

[HoochieMamma]

Prays they fix my Conexant AC-Audio Link hanging problems that I have sent numerous bug reports in for.

[Apple-a-Day]

I am really hoping we get this on Connect. I doubt it though but it be nice. I remember for the XP Service Pack there was a nice RTM build there with key when I was done, so hopefully they are nice enough to put it on there for us, if not oh well I'll buy it.

Dont hold your breath... huge differance in a SP and a OS

[Novawin]

on a side note:

As for Windows Vista R2 (codenamed "Vienna"), I think it's safe to say that the calm and calculating hand of Steven Sinofsky will ensure that this and other future Windows versions will arrive on schedule and be evolutionary, rather than revolutionary, upgrades. Sinofsky's record with Microsoft Office is as clear as it is successful, and there's little doubt he'll have a positive effect on the Windows Division.

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Windows Vista R2 codenamed Vienna??? :blink: I thought Windows Vienna (formerly known as Blackcomb) is next OS generation (NT 7.0) and is successor to Windows Vista?

[Tech_Dude_5000]

Windows Vista R2 codenamed Vienna??:blink:k: I thought Windows Vienna (formerly known as Blackcomb) is next OS generation (NT 7.0) and is successor to Windows Vista?

and I thought Fiji was Vista R2. but it looks more like the codename for SP1, whitch will be vista NT kernal 6.1

[I am Reid]

Ive been using this thing for 4 some years now, and now i finally get to see it. It wasnt a long wait, if i remember right when i started using it, the word was it was going to come out about now, but that wasnt official. So im not upset like other people, because ive been with this since the begining, and it has come a long long way.

I still perfer 4074 over any OS so far.

[Novawin]

and I thought Fiji was Vista R2. but it looks more like the codename for SP1, whitch will be vista NT kernal 6.1

Oh well, I am not sure if Paul made some mistakes in clarifying the Windows codename when writing his article. Anyone else who can clarify this issue?

[rajputwarrior]

when this is released can you do an upgrade from rc2?

[chrismaddern]

when this is released can you do an upgrade from rc2?

+1

[xavier114fch]

when this is released can you do an upgrade from rc2?

MS does not block build to build updates (RC2 is treated as an interim than a point release), but this may cause some unpredicted issues. A clean install is much easier and faster too, and you can use Windows Easy Transfer to copy all prefs back to the new installation.

[jamend]

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Uhh doesn't that mean it was already compiled on the 1st of November?

[Malisk]

Windows Vista R2 codenamed Vienna???:blink:k: I thought Windows Vienna (formerly known as Blackcomb) is next OS generation (NT 7.0) and is successor to Windows Vista?

You're right and he's wrong. The Blackcomb codename was changed to Vienna in January, or at least that's when the public heard of it. Not sure about the NT 7, but it's a planned successor anyway.

Uhh doesn't that mean it was already compiled on the 1st of November?

Yeah but I guess there's some work to do on it afterwards, bureaucracy, etc:):)

We can't just download it directly from their build lab servers:D:D

[NTCTZEN]

Uhh doesn't that mean it was already compiled on the 1st of November?

Yes it does, and even if the RTM announcement is made on the 8th instead of today, the RTM build won't change.

[scumdogmillionaire]

Ok, sure, it will probably RTM tomorrow, but the article does NOT say it is going to. It says it might.

Told you so! :p

[WelshBluebird]

god - does it really matter when it RTM's? It will probably RTM in the week, but it will RTM when MS want it to, not when some guy writing an ariticle about it says it will RTM

[boogerjones]

god - does it really matter when it RTM's?

Yes, it does. Ask all those companies with SA if it matters.

[mad_onion]

Yes, it does. Ask all those companies with SA if it matters.

but dont they have a contract with microsoft that says they have to get a new version of windows as part of this year's sa. i thought that was the reason business was getting it before the end of 2006, so microsoft don't get sued. :s