Vista shipping is useless

Just as RC2 is released, I received RC1 in the post this morning.
That is just terrible planning MS. Sort out your shipping!!!
What a waste of money.
</rant over>

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Beck wrote:
> Just as RC2 is released, I received RC1 in the post this morning.
> That is just terrible planning MS. Sort out your shipping!!!
> What a waste of money.
> </rant over>

Yeah, but look at it the way I do. If you keep it in its shrink wrap, in 50
years time you'll be able to sell it for a huge sum as an antique. :-)

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John.

OR - you can use it for flipping ''heads or tails" when the time comes to
decide about buying Vista
heads = side 1
tails = side 2
(I got my DVD after I had d/l & installed RC1)

BChat

"Bioboffin" <Reply_to_group@please.invalid> wrote in message
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Beck wrote:
> Just as RC2 is released, I received RC1 in the post this morning.
> That is just terrible planning MS. Sort out your shipping!!!
> What a waste of money.
> </rant over>

Yeah, but look at it the way I do. If you keep it in its shrink wrap, in 50
years time you'll be able to sell it for a huge sum as an antique. :-)

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John.

"Beck" <beck@none> wrote in message
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> Just as RC2 is released, I received RC1 in the post this morning. That is
> just terrible planning MS. Sort out your shipping!!!
> What a waste of money.
> </rant over>

Physical copies will always lag behind. It takes a couple of weeks to
manufacture the discs and then another week or so to ship.

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Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/

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not necessarily a waste. Many folks may not have access to the HIGH SPPED
connections.

"Beck" <beck@none> wrote in message
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> Just as RC2 is released, I received RC1 in the post this morning. That is
> just terrible planning MS. Sort out your shipping!!!
> What a waste of money.
> </rant over>
>
> --
> Beck --> http://becs.wordpress.com

Jim Fraas wrote:
> not necessarily a waste. Many folks may not have access to the HIGH SPPED
> connections.
>
> "Beck" <beck@none> wrote in message
> news:uFDb$Tg6GHA.4592@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Just as RC2 is released, I received RC1 in the post this morning. That is
>> just terrible planning MS. Sort out your shipping!!!
>> What a waste of money.
>> </rant over>
>>
>> --
>> Beck --> http://becs.wordpress.com
>
>

Well, if user lacks access to high speed connection, I would recommend
staying out of beta testing. Especially if the software that is tested
is > 1GB in size.

"Jim Fraas" <j@f.com> wrote in message
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> not necessarily a waste. Many folks may not have access to the HIGH SPPED
> connections.

It is a waste when others have moved on. When MS have moved onto RC2 will
they still be interested in bug reports for RC1?

RC2 is Download Only.

"Beck" <beck@none> wrote in message
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> Just as RC2 is released, I received RC1 in the post this morning. That is
> just terrible planning MS. Sort out your shipping!!!
> What a waste of money.
> </rant over>
>
> --
> Beck --> http://becs.wordpress.com

> Yeah, but look at it the way I do. If you keep it in its shrink wrap, in
> 50 years time you'll be able to sell it for a huge sum as an antique. :-)

I think time has already demonstrated there's no monetary value in outdated
software. Betas even moreso. I'd love to be proven wrong--I've got a
couple of CDs you might be interested in. :-)