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Vista RC1 Reviews Roll In

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Mary Jo
Mary Jo
Sep 5, 2006
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Windows Vista beta testers didn’t let Labor Day weekend in the U.S. stop them from laboring over their reviews of Windows Vista Release Candidate (RC) 1, which Microsoft dropped on September 1. Installation time for the latest Vista build is much better, according to tester Brandon LeBlanc. eWEEK’s Jason Brooks had some XP migration problems and is recommending, at least for now, that users consider a clean install with Windows Vista. Windows watcher Paul Thurrott, for his part, still has some pretty scathing criticism for Microsoft at the RC1 milestone marker.

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