Windows Vista Build 5308 Review and Screenshots
Microsoft released the Windows Vista February CTP (Community Technology Preview). This Windows Vista version is completed with features you will get in the final release. PC Magazine ran Windows Vista build 5308 and took a lot of screenshots.
We found this build of Vista is responsive and highly usable, though still far from bullet-proof (as is to be expected for beta software). Aside from some of the predictable problems with hardware-device support and still-buggy features, one particular problem was that Windows Explorer crashes frequently. To Microsoft’s credit, these crashes were hardly dramatic, since Explorer managed to restart itself and resume each time.
[Read PC Magazine]
My two cents
Have you noticed the computer specs used in the test? It was Pentium 4 2.80 GHz with 2GB memory! If your computer is more than two years old, it probably can’t performs some cool Windows Vista features. Microsoft knows it, that’s why Vista can tell you which programs drag down system startup time.
No doubt, Windows Vista is a great Windows release since Windows 95 (11 years ago!). It has a glassy and transparency look everywhere, and many new features remind me of Mac OS X… Anyway, I think it’s about time for me to get a new PC, which will replace my good o’l Pentium III 450Mhz. :)
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