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Inside Microsoft Windows Vista Release Candidate 1
PC Magazine / ABC News ^ | September 2, 2006 | John Clyman

Posted on 09/04/2006 9:13:56 AM PDT by Zakeet

It's been a long time coming, but Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 is finally here. As Microsoft starts to collect feedback from a broad spectrum of users in one of its largest test programs ever, the company will soon be in a position to decide whether the product is solid enough to meet announced ship dates of November for enterprise customers and January 2007 for consumers.

Earlier this week, I started using Vista build 5568, a version that Microsoft says should be virtually indistinguishable from the actual RC1 code. Since recent Vista revisions have been focusing on improving performance, compatibility, and stability rather than adding features, there's not a lot to highlight that's truly new. Instead, I've compiled a walkthrough of 100 screen shots recapping what Vista looks like from top to bottom.

The most pressing question for RC1 is whether it shows that Vista is good enough to ship. In my experience so far, it's getting a lot closer, but it's not quite there yet.

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: bloatware; chatwardbound; chittychittychatchat; doomedtochat; embracethepenguin; microsoft; vista; windows
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To: Echo Talon
I found this page on ATI's site. It looks like they suggest going back a version or two of Catalyst to 6.2.
41 posted on 09/06/2006 10:51:56 AM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ShadowAce

yea i have tried it many times and it doesnt work, neither does the GATOS project...


42 posted on 09/06/2006 2:15:48 PM PDT by Echo Talon
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To: Echo Talon
Here's a couple more resources I just found:

Linux Journal

Linux Labs

The second one may be more useful than the first. They don't cover specific drivers, but rather TV viewing packages. Hopefully they will include some docs, but you may have to go searching for them.

While I have a TV tuner on my laptop myself (ATI Radeon 9600), I've never tried to use it.

43 posted on 09/06/2006 2:25:15 PM PDT by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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