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Done with "Unofficial" Builds
Howdy Y'all
I've decided that all these Unofficial releases are just not worth the trouble anymore, and I'm going to concentrate on this Official RC release until we go RTM or another official release from MS.
I have specific reasons for this also, the very foremost is that MS doesn't take into consideration any feedback from Unofficial builds since they aren't set up for proper debugging and can't be relied on for true feedback. They're released to a very specific group for testing fixes to specific problems, and can cause "known" side effects that need further work. So for MS to try and go thru feedback coming from the general public running builds that simply are not meant for machines outside of a specific testing criteria, makes no sense and can actually make it harder to sort out real issues.
And while I totally understand why so many people want to have a Free OS to use for a year, I also feel it's outside of the true spirit of what Beta Testing is all about. And I think we all know MS isn't "too" unhappy with all these leaked builds either as it's been pretty positive PR so far and free advertising for them.
But I want to get back to basics and test the He!! outta this thing, and help MS get this puppy out to RTM.
I got my copy of 7100 from my TechNet subscription on Apr 30th and just got everything installed last night.
I also have to STRESS to anybody who doesn't want to Clean install and try the upgrade (with version hack) from an unofficial build...DON'T!! There are Known issues with this as some low level changes will not respond well in an upgrade situation and it's just not worth it really. Take the time and do it right or face some possible problems that simply can't be fixed thru normal ways.
Anyway, I hope everyone here enjoys their time with W7 and shows their appreciation for MS including us in this process by Buying it when it's released! There are changes in the version structure with W7 when it goes retail and I think most people will see an improvement over the Vista version debacle (semi)...LOL
Take Care!