Dena Reiter

RC1

Dena Reiter — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 04:24:00 GMT

It's time for RC1 of Vista to be coming up here very shortly. I've held off the most recent review because of time contraints here at home. However, Andre has written a very nice article on the progression of x64 Vista. Please read that for the time being...(read more)

Whoops!

Dena Reiter — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 07:46:00 GMT

Hello again. I'm sure you're all wondering where the follow-up Vista review is, right? Well, somethings have happened, knocking my mini-review a bit off-kilter. To make a long story short, there's a lot of things I still need to change in the full review...(read more)

Vista 5472 Mini-Review

Dena Reiter — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 10:13:00 GMT

FINALLY! A Vista build we all can be proud of! There are some new icons, and some new sounds, but overall this is still Beta 2 we’re talking about. We’re making our way towards RC1, and things are starting to look better. Let’s hope it stays that way.

The elusive 20 minute install has finally happened. There’s a new product key icon, as well as the update icons. The installation is much faster than previous builds. From start to finish, I was around 17 minutes.

Upon first boot, I expected to see the new boot screen. I was sadly mistaken. We still see a blank slate. When will Microsoft learn that we need something to look at while the computer boots up?

The computer’s performance is very nice...if you have 4 GB of memory. Currently I’m running with 1 GB of memory. My performance isn’t too bad, but it could be better. I get full Aero Glass, and I can run with all of the bells and whistles on. Yet my computer is still rated at a 3.7. What’s bringing my computer rating down? My graphics card. I have a Radeon X1300, but that’s not enough for Vista. What more does it want?!

This new build has brought on a lot of new and exciting things. There’s new icons, new sounds, but most notably is the addition of the new Vista Basic theme. The theme is reminiscent of Plex from the 4000-build era. Also, there is a new default wallpaper.

I’ve been writing this review entirely in speech recognition. There have also been some improvements to it in this build. The new setup was slightly easier, more intuitive, and generally easier to use. Here’s a tip: if you accidentally say “show numbers”, you can cancel out of it by saying “cancel”.

There will be a lot more to this review on Friday. This is just a basic walk in the park. For now, keep on testing and I’ll see you on Friday!

Dena Reiter

Cingular 8125 ROM Update to be released momentarily

Dena Reiter — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 23:20:00 GMT

The link is not there, but here is where the link is. Happy downloading!

http://www.htcamerica.net/docs/RUU_Wizard_225111_22511102_022511_CWS_WWE_Ship.exe

Apple Elevator Already Flawed

Dena Reiter — Tue, 30 May 2006 03:39:00 GMT

Here's a bit of good news for all you Apple-haters out there. The newly opened 5th Ave. flagship Apple Store in NYC has a really great glass elevator, right? Wrong. It's already seeing problems, such as sealing people into the tube. Ouch! No word yet...(read more)

Hello From Seattle!

Dena Reiter — Mon, 29 May 2006 17:01:22 GMT

Hello World! Welcome to Dena’s Blog, here only on Extended64.com. It’s great to finally have a good, solid home. Up until recently, I had to dodge the bullets of one blogging tool after another, but none really took my fancy until Beta 2 of Office 2007 came along. I have made this blog post from within Word.

So I’m sure you are all wondering a little about me. The name most of you are probably familiar with is Dena Centenero. On June 9^th, I will be getting married, and since I have just started this blog and my new “job” as it were, I decided to start fresh. I have participated in numerous betas for Microsoft, and in my deep, dark past, I beta tested for AOL. But don’t hold that against me!

Currently, I live in Seattle. Well, okay, let’s face it. It’s not really Seattle. I live in a little place called Renton. However, when I get married in a week (yikes!), I will be moving to Champaign, Illinois. I own two cats, Abby and Vista. Yes, I named my cat AFTER the renaming, so no, Microsoft does not owe me any royalty.

Feel free to drop me a line, I’m always interested in hearing feedback from my readers. Thanks for bothering to read this introductory post, I promise, the next posts will be much more tech-oriented. :P