On Wednesday, Microsoft released its new operating system, Windows Vista, to hardware manufacturers. It marked the end of its development phase and the beginning of the distribution phase.
For more than a year, we have seen various builds -- most of them private but some public -- with ever-increasing build numbers. Although ZDNet Australia sister site CNET News.com received a build that is technically a pre-RTM build, all of the markings -- both internal and external -- read Windows Vista RTM build 6000 and reflect all the final fit-and-finish enhancements expected in a final software release.
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I thought the slideshow of the Microsoft Vista was a good overview of the entire operating system. The pictures made it more clear to visually image the text. However additional information about the different versions would have been helpful.