eWeek: Vista Build 5472 Shows Steady Progress
eWEEK Labs got a hold of Vista Build 5472 on July 18, loaded it up on a test machine and took a quick tour.
Microsoft officials told us that a Vista Release Candidate 1 build will be arriving by the end of the quarter. You can expect a more comprehensive review of the new operating system at that time, but, for now, we’ll share some notes from our 5472 experience.
Build 5472 is the first Vista build we’ve tested to support upgrades from Windows XP. We installed the build on a 2GHz AMD Opteron-powered rig with 2GB of RAM and an Nvidia GeForce 6600 LE display adapter that had been running Windows XP SP2.
After an installation process that took about 50 minutes, we booted into Vista and learned that, according to the OS, our test system rated a 3.3 on the Windows Experience Index. [Read on]