Win XP RC1 is out!!!

[EvilYoda]

Finally got it work, hopefully it's worth upgrading from Beta 2. Just wish we didn't have to go through the whole cracking process, stupid 14 day trial period.

 

[Ender78]

tontod,

Can you please post a URL (for those of us that have purchased Preview Program Access)

 

[konichiwa]

He thought pirated versions wouldn't work. ROFL

 

[mackstann]

Two questions:

Can someone PM me or email me about how to get it???

Also: If I install it in a dual-boot config with Win2k, will it screw with my Win2k Partition at all?

 

[CalebTG]

Couple notes:

With NT products, MS has never done much rounding to nice pretty numbers for build numbers. NT4 was something like 1380 (well, 13xx, been so long to remember for sure) and Win2000 was 2195

However, win9x builds were figured better (.1998 for win98, .2222 for win98se, .3000 for winME).

But since XP is NT, I see no reason for MS to find a nice number until the very end, if they do. WinME RC3 was something like .2535 and then final took a jump to .3000.

Never know what they'll do.

As for the "2505a"; MS does not use letters in its build numbers. People always say stuff like that to sound more offical and confuse the heck out of people. They all said official win2000 build was 2195a, but its just 2195.


As for the XP experience; Quite partial to win2k myself. to much bloatware in XP and its all resource hogging (even turning back into standard view). The only feature I've liked so far is drag & drop cd-burning.

 

[mackstann]

Yes NT4 was 1380. I see that everyday at work. "Microsoft Windows NT 4 (Build 1380, Service Pack 5)

Why don't they get 6a? I always wondered that.

 

[Rogue]

Cuz with NT, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. We tend to stay away from even numbered Service Packs as they tend to break more things than they fix.

 

[Rogue]

Damn trigger finger!

 

[Siddhartha]

With your experience with Win XP so far, do you recommend upgrading from Win ME to Win XP?

 

[Nevo]

I'd recommend upgrading from WinME to a hole in the head.

Yes, WinXP is definitely worth the upgrade.

 

[konichiwa]

Anything is worth an upgrade from WinME, but I'd suggest going to Win2k.

 

[eyez]

I've never tried a beta anything before. Could someone please explain waht rc1 or rc2 is? I went to the microsoft site for win xp....can you download it from there? Is this a full operating system? Will it expire? When the official release comes out, is it worth buying it?

Thanks.

 

[bandXtrb]

yeah, my friend lied and said he's a hardware developer , and now he's downloading XP RC1 from microsoft.

 

[Speedy3D!]

so when are the people who bought the RC1 supposed to be able to download it??

 

[JuryDuty]

<< so when are the people who bought the RC1 supposed to be able to download it?? >>



As soon as Microsoft sends us emails with CD-Keys...probably before the 4th of July.

 

[magicslax]

<< I'd recommend upgrading from WinME to a hole in the head >>



you will probably have more uptime with the hole in your head.

 

[kerrdawg]

<< you will probably have more uptime with the hole in your head. >>



That about sums up the whole windows 9X/Me experience.
As Bill Gates once said (and I quote),&quot;I never really like Windows all that much. All that crashing and rebooting drove me nuts. I stopped using it about 3 years ago, but it was a pretty good money maker for the company so we stuck with it.&quot;

He made this statement at a press conference on June 4th, 2001.

Anyway, I also have 2505 and it's great. I might be a little sidetracked by the Luna interface (which has grown me), but from a tech standpoint it will be the most stable version of windows yet for both home and office.
These are just my opinions of course.

 

[PwAg]

I wouldnt doubt it for a second he said that. But you were refering to Win9x kernel OS's though, right? Cause his Win2k and WinXP are solid as rocks.

 

[kerrdawg]

No, i was not referring to the NT kernel. I'm running win2k on every machine I own at home and work (except for my donor-dell which does all the beta testing). I feel that win2k hasn't been given enough credit for it's flexibility and compatibility. I'm glad Microsoft finally figured out that you cannot have 2 mainstream OS's that are not made to work together. winMe was probably the most pointless release MS ever made.

I can?t wait for codename ?blackcomb? (I find it odd that both whistler and blackcomb are ski resorts). It has been completely rewritten, kernel and all. I guess until 2003, I?ll just have to be patient. I?ve heard it doesn?t have a start menu (I?ll be lost!!!).

 

[RedBadger93]

<< With your experience with Win XP so far, do you recommend upgrading from Win ME to Win XP? >>



If you have the full version of WindowsME, you can dual boot with WindowsME and WindowsXP, provided they are on seperate partitions.

I would keep WindowsME at least, because not everything is going to be compatible with XP yet.

 

[hans007]

i am running a rock solid win2k system now. i hope that i can just click upgrade when xp comes out and not have to reformat. Office xp was a really good about upgrading like that, it didnt leave a trace of office 2000.

 

[kerrdawg]

I have reformatted so many times that I'm numb to it. Upgrading always seemed to leave a lot of crap behind that didn't need to be there, but like you said about Office XP, they seem to be getting much better.

 

[Speedy3D!]

Has anybody had their credit card charged yet, or gotten the e-mail from M$?

 

[MetroRider]

build 2481 was good for me, and RC1 now is even better

just my $0.02

 

[PG]

XP sounds nice, but you guys better read this:

http://media.grc.com:8080/files/grcdos.pdf

I'm pretty worried myself.