Vista RTM to be released today

Post by **dicecca112** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 2:25 pm

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4825

Long time Microsoft aficionado Paul Thurrott wrote in a WinInfo update that Windows Vista would be hitting RTM status today, a full two days earlier than anticipated.

"My sources at the software giant confirmed this weekend that Microsoft is set to finalize Windows Vista as early as Monday and release the product to manufacturing. The final build number is expected to be 6000.16386.061101-2205, I'm told."

Windows Vista may have been finalized even earlier if it weren't for several late-appearing bugs which need to be squished, and another issue which was less usual -- a power outage Friday evening prevented the Windows team from creating a new Vista build that night.

HONkUS · Post by **HONkUS** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:01 pm

Just wondering who is going to buy Vista at launch and who is going to wait till they iron out the bugs?

As for me im happy with XP + Vista windowblinds skin for now lol. Im waiting till atleast SP1 or whatever theyll call it in Vista speak. Might be the "enlightenment pack" or some cheesy name like that.

Post by **dicecca112** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:59 pm

if I can get a license through work, I'll go for it or if I can get a reduced rate through school I will. The RC1 was pretty stable. Didn't try RC2, I am planning on trying RTM and I'll report my findings.

KnightRid · Post by **KnightRid** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:15 am

I still cant believe the crap they are pulling with the low end version! Also cant believe the coupons that you still have to pay for the upgrade, just a small part, but still.

Mike

Post by **dicecca112** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 2:02 pm

Apparently Anandtech doesn't know how to read. Sometime this week does not equal monday. Idiots. The date is suppose to be tomorrow November 8 from what I've read. Nothing on Windows Connect Site.

My Microsoft sources confirmed this past weekend that the company is set to finalize Windows Vista as early as Monday and release the product to manufacturing sometime this week. The final build number is expected to be 6000.16386.061101-2205. (Readers might recall that, back on August 25, WinInfo broke the news that Microsoft would iterate Vista to build 6000 for the final release.)

In its quest to finalize Vista, Microsoft has faced two hurdles in recent days, one technical and one a bit unusual. The proposed final build was marred by a few late-breaking bugs, which the company expected to squash over the weekend. Meanwhile, a power outage in the Windows build lab on Friday prevented Microsoft from creating a new Vista build that night.

As I've related in my "Road to Gold: The Long Road to Windows Vista" series on the SuperSite for Windows, Microsoft was angered earlier this year after it granted analysts at Gartner unprecedented access to Vista's bug database, and Gartner published an opinion stating that the company would delay Vista past its January launch. This week, however, Michael Silver, the research vice president at Gartner, finally admitted that his firm's repeated predictions about further Vista delays were wrong, delighting those on the Vista team.

"It appears that Microsoft will beat our prediction," Silver wrote in a Gartner blog. "We will congratulate Microsoft as they hit their dates." Prepare to issue those congratulations, Mr. Silver: Microsoft is set to finish Vista this week.

Baddad53 · Post by **Baddad53** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 3:48 pm

At least a year from now or more. Price needs to come down on upgrades especially for ultra (gaming)version.

Fixing bugs and MS releasing are two different things per MS history and not directly related.