Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows: Windows Vista Beta 1 Review (Part 1)

Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows: Windows Vista Beta 1 Review (Part 1): "
Windows Vista Beta 1 Review (Part 1)

My unhappy reaction to the Windows Hardware Engineering (WinHEC) 2005 build of Longhorn is now, shall we say, infamous. I wasn't trying to make a statement per se. But I did refer to the next major version of Windows as a 'train wreck,' so I guess it makes sense that people would latch onto that statement.

A little work on Microsoft's behalf could have prevented this problem. For example, a pre-WinHEC briefing in which the expectations of me and other Windows enthusiasts were suitably moderated would have been a great start. As it was, I went into WinHEC with high hopes, especially given the news that we would receive our first Longhorn build in a full year.

As I noted in my review of Longhorn build 5048 (see my review), however, my hopes were ill-placed. Build 5048 was a major step back from the previous build we had received (4074), from functional and features standpoints."