Daily Reviews Summary 09/03/06

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Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 Review, Part 1
Paul Thurrott published the first part of his Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 Review

As I noted in my review of Windows Vista build 5536 (see my review), Windows Vista has suddenly turned a corner. Gone are the egregious and annoying bugs. Gone is User Account Control's most painful and frustrating behavior. Most application and hardware incompatibilities? Gone. Performance problems? Gone. What we're left with is a highly usable upgrade to Windows Vista with tremendous security and deployment advantages. And now anyone can get it, literally: Microsoft plans to ship RC1 to millions of people around the world beginning next week. If you want in with Windows Vista, your time has come.

As a backgrounder, I've been writing about Windows Vista for several years. During that time, my opinion of the product has bobbed and weaved dramatically, based on the events of the day and quality of the latest beta release. There were good times (PDC 2003) and bad (a year long layover between public builds), good builds (5536) and bad (Beta 1, Beta 2). There was good news (many features back-ported to XP) and bad (innumerable delays, dropped features, broken promises). And now, none of it matters. Now we have RC1, and it can stand or fall on its own merits. All around the Web, as you read this, geeky geeks are downloading, installing, and evaluating Windows Vista RC1. And if I had to guess, I'd say that most of those people are going to be quite happy indeed. In other words, this is the Windows Vista you were promised three years ago. This is the anti-Beta 2.
Windows Vista Release Candidate 1 Review, Part 1

Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard Review
ThinkComputers.org posted a review on the Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard

Logitech is known for creating some of the best computer and gaming peripherals available. Their expertise in building well constructed and groundbreaking products definitely shows in the G15 Gaming Keyboard. The G15 has a wide array of features that any gamer would find extremely useful. The keyboard also has a folding LCD panel that is a first for keyboards. So is this keyboard for you? Let's take a look and see...
Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard Review

Daily Reviews Summary 09/02/06

Reviews 52639 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

Abit's new Core2Duo MAX board
Bit-Tech posted a quick look on one of the first Abit AW9D-MAX motherboards

i'm excited at the prospect of Abit re-uniting itself with the overclocking crowd. It's been a long time since Abit was a household name among overclockers, and the AW9D-MAX is a board that could go a long way to help re-establish the Abit brand at the top. The AW9D-MAX has all of the bases to establish itself as one of the best 975X motherboards out there and it just needs a little time to iron out the issues that we've come across during our short time with the board. Once the issues are ironed out, I can see this board setting some records...
Abit's new Core2Duo MAX board

Gentoo Linux 2006.1 Review
Software in Review posted a review on Gentoo Linux 2006.1

In one respect, Gentoo Linux 2006.1 is the same as it's always been, except with newer software on the installation media. Beginning with version 2006.0, though, a graphical environment was added to the live CD along with an installation program that rarely worked properly. The good news is, the installer works reasonably well in Gentoo 2006.1; the bad news is, it's still quicker and easier to install by hand via the command line.
Gentoo Linux 2006.1 Review

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