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thefabfive
29th August 2006, 11:18 PM
"Microsoft on Tuesday made the pre-Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of Windows Vista available for public downloading, saying that it wanted the extra testers to help track down bugs. "

"The pre-RC1 offering lends credence to reports that the actual RC1 build will release soon, perhaps within a week."

Full article at www.informationweek.com (http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=192500115)


Hopefully IE7 is even more 'imminent' and will, in fact, be included with Vista.
Rubber Duck
30th August 2006, 04:02 PM
"Microsoft on Tuesday made the pre-Release Candidate 1 (RC1) of Windows Vista available for public downloading, saying that it wanted the extra testers to help track down bugs. "

"The pre-RC1 offering lends credence to reports that the actual RC1 build will release soon, perhaps within a week."

Full article at www.informationweek.com (http://www.informationweek.com/management/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=192500115)


Hopefully IE7 is even more 'imminent' and will, in fact, be included with Vista.

IE 7 is included with Vista, but it is a different Version. If Vista goes RC then because that version of IE 7 is fully integrated by default that goes RC as well.

Check the Microsoft Japan website. I am not sure that they are not looking to release Vista in the Far East First.