The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Windows Vista SP2 Release Candidate

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Mr. Wonderful, Jan 30, 2009.

  1. Mr. Wonderful

    Mr. Wonderful Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    10
    Messages:
    449
    Likes Received:
    6
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Is anyone using it yet?

    The general feel I heard from the Beta is that there wasn't a whole terribly lot new, and performance wasn't much better, but how about the Release Candidate. I'd be very interested to hear some hands on with performance, new features, and so on.
     
    Mr. Wonderful, Jan 30, 2009
    #1
  2. TehSuigi

    TehSuigi Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    931
    Messages:
    3,882
    Likes Received:
    2
    Trophy Points:
    105
    Well in comparison to the Windows 7 Beta, yeah, there isn't much new or huge performance gains.
    Not gonna bother until it's RTM.
     
    TehSuigi, Jan 30, 2009
    #2
  3. Wishmaker

    Wishmaker BBQ Expert

    Reputations:
    379
    Messages:
    1,848
    Likes Received:
    35
    Trophy Points:
    66
    On my U6, with all my apps, W7 boots as fast as Vista Ultimate x64 Sp2 RC
     
    Wishmaker, Jan 31, 2009
    #3
  4. Captain Fail

    Captain Fail Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    294
    Messages:
    408
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    With Windows 7 Beta so awesome already, it's time to forget about Vista's development cycle IMHO. Windows 7 FTW.
     
    Captain Fail, Jan 31, 2009
    #4
  5. dbam987

    dbam987 wicked-poster

    Reputations:
    565
    Messages:
    2,530
    Likes Received:
    1
    Trophy Points:
    56
    If the upgrade pricing from Vista to W7 is inexpensive (i.e. less than $100) then I'll make the jump at the official launch. But if it's higher then I'll have to reconsider and decide if it's worth it or not. Vista is running extremely well for me now.
     
    dbam987, Jan 31, 2009
    #5