微软发布下一代Windows最新测试版
 
 
2006年9月6日 星期三
 
微软发布下一代Windows最新测试版
    Microsoft passes Vista milestone
 
根据对Windows Vista最新测试版的初步评估，微软(Microsoft)已向着全面完成该计算机操作系统迈进了一大步，不过该公司自己设定的最终发布日期仍存在变数。
 Microsoft has taken a big step towards completing Windows Vista, though its own self-imposed deadline for releasing the computer operating system still hangs in the balance, according to early reviews of the latest test version of the software.
 
微软上周末完成了一个新的Vista测试版，并表示，该测试版将于本周向多达6百万用户开放。
 The software company made a new test version of Vista available at the end of last week, and said that it would be opened up to as many as 6m users this week.
 
这款被称为“候选发布版1”(Release Candidate 1)的最新版本是一个重要的里程碑，微软正忙着赶在11月底前将最终版本交到大型企业客户手中。该软件的完整零售版定于明年1月份发布。
 Dubbed “Release Candidate 1”, the latest software is an important milestone as Microsoft rushes to get the final version into the hands of its big corporate customers by the end of November. A full retail version of the software is due out in January.
 
然而，尽管它的名称表明微软目前处于完成Vista测试的最后阶段，一些分析师仍质疑该产品能否在其宣传的日期前完成。
 However, while the name suggests that Microsoft is now in the final stages of completing the testing of Vista, some analysts continued to question whether the product would be ready as advertised.