Windows Vista Beta 1 and Tiger
Macworld.co.uk reports on the recently released Windows Vista (formerly known as Longhorn) Beta release.
The beta is being offered to 10,000 technical beta testers at this time, and provides an early preview of the upcoming Microsoft OS - due next year. Previously known as Longhorn, the newest revision of Microsoft's Windows Operating System has seen ongoing delays and the current target ship date is late 2006.
Macworld.co.uk details some of the under-the-hood changes found in the upcoming version of Windows as well as brief comparisons to Tiger.
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