After the news of kernel-parity between Server 2008 and the first service pack for Vista it was no surprise to hear that they would both be available prior to next months launch. What is surprising however is that I’ve just received news that they’ve RTM’d within 20 minutes of each another.

From the WindowsServer blog:

As I write this, I’m in the room where it all happens; in building 26, better known as the ship room. Ten minutes ago Windows Server 2008 officially RTM’d. Also in here with me are my colleagues who have been working on Windows Vista SP1; also RTM’ing today. We’ve all been working towards this day for the past 3 years and over 5,000 people have contributed to this release.

A separate post on Vista SP1 RTM’ing is available at the Vista Team blog here.

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My new Thinkpad X61 arrived last week and came preloaded with Vista Business x64

Thanks to the lack of optical drive I’m being forced to think before I blast it flat and start over… So wanted to ask - has anyone else bought a new system lately that arrived with an x64 OS?

This chassis only has 2Gb RAM so it was more likely for the added security features Lenovo have taken the machines up to 64-bit - doubt I’ll be fitting the max supported RAM for Vista Business @ 128GB

Thus far it’s all running quite nicely, although I’m having to work around rather a lot of issues with 32-bit apps being relocated to a ‘Program Files (x86)’ folder - any thoughts?