In a email we just recieved from Alexander Holy of the Developer and Platforms group it appears that the community may be getting a new build in the coming weeks.
He says, "It is April now and the next CTP (Community Tech Preview) of Windows Vista still a few weeks out. If you do not have access to the latest CTP (February CTP, Build 5308) you can still download WinFX and the Windows SDK and start developing WinFX applications on Windows XP."
In this note he refears to the next drop as a CTP which is unlike the 5342 build we got recently. A CTP build would mean they forked and stabelized the build for at least some small amount of time to reach the CTP quality bar. Additionally, this quality bar typically means that MSDN and other subscribers will recieve the build as well.
We don't yet know the build number, but will post it here as we get details....
Full text of the email pasted below.
Welcome to the second edition of the Beta Experience newsletter! It is April now and the next CTP (Community Tech Preview) of Windows Vista still a few weeks out. If you do not have access to the latest CTP (February CTP, Build 5308) you can still download WinFX and the Windows SDK and start developing WinFX applications on Windows XP.
Nevertheless we want to give you an idea what’s coming up in terms of user interface changes and improvements. Have a look at the videos demonstrating present versions of Windows Vista below.
But User eXperience is not only about new features. As developers, we need to step back and rethink what is useable and user friendly, instead of just adding flashy effects. The Windows shell team has done a lot of background work and I want to present you an example how we are reworking dialogs in Windows Vista.
While it is likely your current developer workstations will work just fine with Windows Vista, several people asked for hardware recommendations. So if you need to purchase new hardware before Windows Vista ships, it might be helpful to keep an eye at the proposed
requirements for the Windows Vista Hardware Logo.
Alexander Holy
Chief Editor for Windows Vista content
Developer & Platforms Group
Microsoft EMEA Beta Experience Team
This will not be the Windows Vista Beta 2/RC0 CTP which is planned for May.
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Apr 04 2006, 11:55 AM
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