Well it looks like things are coming to a head with my job situation. As some of you probably know, I currently work as a contractor for GE Power Systems doing web development work. My contract was originally for a time period of six months - needless to say I will have been working there a year come September 20th. The problem is that GE has a 1 year limitation when it comes to contractors under their “employ”....
You can preorder your copy of Windows XP today from CompUSA today. I went ahead and picked up my full version of XP Pro tonight for about $315.00 (including tax and shipping charges). Some of you probably thought I was joking when I said I was planning on buying XP. After all why would an “unofficial” beta tester bother paying for a piece of software? Because its damn good - period....
Thats right kiddies. Windows XP RTM has almost hit in the form of Pre RTM build 2600. While its likely that the RTM build will in fact be the same (with the 180 day evaluation restrictions removed) - it should be signed off later this week - as early as tommorrow. I just got it installed and so far so good. It seems just as good as RC2 (which seemed to alleviate most of my major issues with XP)....