It would be helpful if you could list dates/times with the cities.

Thanks

yes, a list of dates/times would be very helpful.  Also, could you provide us with the places you will be going while in the individual cities, or do we have to find you guys?  I live in Charlotte, and would really like to attend.

That sounds really cool...but what about the West...you know...where a lot of the tech companies originate from? What about California (my state, I'm in Oxnard, CA)...you know...the state with the most population...I'm sure there's something planned for us...right? I've been waiting for anything for us because since I'm not an official "IT" person, I can't really attend the seminars, so I've been waiting for any consumer-oriented events...but no...it's all in New York...and now this. (OK, I'll stop using the "..." but it's all I can think of). Anyways, all of you who get to have some fun, go ahead and do so, but could you please do something extra happy so it can makeup for what I'm missing. Thanks, great job with the marketing too guys, it finally looks like the "multi-million" dollar marketing campaign we were promised...I can't wait!

Cool, have a good time touring the East Coast.  Wish I could go, as it sounds fun, but I dont live on the East Coast.  Nice to see you visiting North Carolina, as I used to live there.

hklm and Chris3d

They already gave the dates..

Hey Alber1690:  given that CES was last week and the week following out coach tour is the launch in NYC, we're just too strapped for time to be able to hit both coasts.  I'd have liked to have done both myself, being a native Seattleite, but there simply isn't time and the cities are too far apart in many cases.  But, we're holding local launch events for developers and IT pros in many localities, so take a look for the one nearest you:  http://www.technetevents.com/default.aspx.

Hey HKLM, Chris3d, et al:

Our schedule will have to be fluid depending on weather, timing, the reception we receive at each stop, etc, but it will roughly look like this:

Begin:  16 Jan in Nashville, TN

End:  23 Jan in Nashville, TN

Date/From/To

Day 1, 16-Jan

Nashville/Lexington/Cincinnati/Columbus

Day 2, 17-Jan

Columbus/Pittsburgh/Pittsburg/Philadelphia/Baltimore/Washington, DC

Day 3, 18-Jan

Washington, DC/Richmond, VA/Williamsburg

Day 4, 19-Jan

Williamsburg/Charlotte

Day 5, 20-Jan

Charlotte/Raleigh-Durham/Savannah/Jacksonville

Day 6, 21-Jan

Jacksonville/Orlando/Gainesville

Day 7, 22-Jan

Gainesville/Atlanta/Athens

Day 8, 23-Jan

Athens/Nashville

I'm thinking that in reality we'll need to split Day 2 into two separate days, thus pushing the remainder of the schedule back by 1 day.  But, we'll need to play it by ear to some degree, largely depending on our audience in each locale.  So, expect that we'll post regularly to this blog about where we are currently (we've got a gadget coming that will help with that) and where & when we expect to be next.

We're looking forward to seeing you all in the coming 10 days!

Too bad you won't do any west cosat covarage. i lice over in hillsboro, oregon. about 25-30 miles from Portland. and I would have liked to to have gone to one of these. I'm more in to the cousmer type of stuff. but hey, i did find your guys website on friday http://www.lookforlogo.com/ and Already entered a code...

anyway congrats on the completion of vista, it's been a long 5 years and it's finaly starting to pay off....

.chris

It is too late to wow me.  If you wanted to wow me, you should have had companies on board to get their drivers onto the RTM disc - the same RTM image you released to MSDN.

The very same RTM image that causes nothing but problems, ENDLESS problems.  Maybe, after people finish writing their drivers and then testing them (I get the impression that many companies did not even START writing their drivers until after the RTM, and if ATI's beta period is any indication, it is gonna be a LONG wait), maybe then I might get wowed again.

Instead, I am just overly annoyed that common hardware isn't supported.  From Promise 378 controllers to Linksys wireless adapters to any video card older than 2 years old, Vista just doesn't perform.

As it is now, the only wow I have is: "WOW, my system locked solid booting again", "Wow, 20,000 drivers and none of them seem to be for anything I actually need.", or how about : "WOW DOES THIS EXPERIENCE EVER SUCK"

Those are my current wows, do you honestly think a pretty bus is going to change that?  Wow, what are you thinking...

And while we are on the wow topic : Wow, why does this site kill my IE7 browser every second visit when I scroll the page?

@Xepol perhapps you need to update your hardware....

and I experance the same thing in IE7... it's real slow, even crashes a few times..

times and location for Nashville 1/16 please???

Mitchel

If you haven't seen or heard about LiveGadgets, Donavon West's Vista Bus Tour Gadget you can download it to Live.com, Spaces, or the Vista SideBar by going to

http://livegadgets.net/blog.xml

There is even some markup to put it on your home page.

Richard

@Richard, I was going to wait until Nick posted but it looks like you broke the story. :)

Below is a permalink to my blog post. It has links for downloading the gadget onto Live.com, Spaces, Vista Sidebar and even Google! It also has a code snippet that you can put on your own website.

http://livegadgets.net/#blog_498fb321-e5e0-4096-87ba-ff3463598995

Thanks Nick. I understand the weather, logistics, etc.  If people know where you all are, they'll try to come out and see you.  

Plenty of interest is there in the cities you'll be hitting.  

Have a great time. Weather in these cities has been spring-like.

Chris -> You're right, a machine bought within the past 2 years is surely too old and outdated and does not accurately represent the market today.

Silly me falling behind the market majorities' trend of buying a new machine every 2 months.

P4C800E motherboards with Promise 378 controllers are truely aged and dated, and buying a LinkSys wireless adapter from a museum instead of a reputable store 6 months ago was DEFINITELY a mistake.

About the oldest part I am guilty of is an ATI Raedon AiW card that was bought about 4 years ago.  Too bad a card like isn't capable of basic 3d accelleration and transparency effects available in DX8 and DX9 to make Glass work, or maybe it is, if only ATI had better vista support than Microsoft.

Mind you, maybe I shouldn't be too upset with hardware vendors, after all, not even MS could be bothered to have their hardware drivers ready for the RTM with support for their keyboards coming last month and support for the fingerprint reader this month.  

Of course, MS has always had the single worst support for their own products of any company I have ever seen, so perhaps expecting MS to be a leader in the driver market was unrealistic to begin with.

Exactly what the heck are those drivers Vista has support to support anyways?  Is someone about to release 20,000 new devices?

Hi, can you tell me where your planned stops are in Charlotte? I work in retail and it might be nice to check out your bus. I happen to be off on Friday so that would work out great for me.

@Xepol,

You know, nobody is forcing you to upgrade to Vista.  No one is requiring you to upgrade your system.  You can still be on Windows 98 on 10 year old technology, if you choose to do so.  My WOW for you is, "WOW!  You sure like to complain about  great products because you have to do some work to use them."  Get a life.

Now, concerning the post, where are you guys going to be in Nashville today (or for that matter on the final leg)?  The map in the gadget shows you guys in the middle of a runway at the airport, so I feel pretty safe in saying that's not exactly where you are.

I just checked the widget and the bus hasn't moved. Any word as to when we can expect you in Columbus?

@ Xepol hey man, I have no idea of your system specs, So don't freak out.. no one knows of your specs unless you tell them. Like riceboyler said, no one is forceing you to use vista...

but back on topic, it is bset you went to the east cost, from what I can tell Oregon and I do beleve washingtion have been hammered by snow, so if you were in an oregon city this week, you would be in trouble....

Can Knoxville or Chattanooga be a 'point in between?' If so when and where?

Hmmm...seems the bus stayed at the Nashville airport all day, and in the past hour started heading South on 65.  If they're taking the scenic route, I expect they'll get to Columbus in, ah, never (tries to figure out how a bus gets through the Antartic).

Just my luck  :(

Yeah, January is not the best time to be driving around the Tenn, Ky and Ohio valleys. We might not get the heavy snow but we make up for it with rain, ice, rain, ice. You get the idea.

Me, I'm hoping for a nice Vista logo laynard as the swag on the bus. One the Media Center guys gave one away on his blog a few weeks back and those things look sweat!

Brandon from MSTechToday (who is along for a ride on the bus) posted this on his blog a few minutes ago: http://www.mstechtoday.com/2007/01/16/on-the-road-with-the-windows-vista-bus/

The Windows team will be showing off Vista in many cities along the East Coast of the U.S., starting

Now I have to say I thought I've seen everything but how cool is this! A few guys over at the Windows

The Windows Vista Coach Tour is coming to Jacksonville, Gainesville and Orlando on Sunday January 21st.

I'm eager to find out the dates and places ya'll plan to visit here in GA. My ability to attend the mini-event will depend on the schedule and/or location. I see you have Atl./Gainesville listed for the 22nd or 23rd, if you have any idea, even vague, of a location could you give a hint, Nick?

Hey ZenAvat: due to weather conditions among other concerns, we're having to play the schedule a bit fast & loose, but that was to be expected ;)  In ATL I anticipate we'll stop by GA Tech and a local Best Buy for supplies (maybe lunch in Buckhead) -- but if you have a specific suggestion on where we can meet customers, I'm all ears.

Paul Boutin at The Valleywag grades the marketing for Microsoft’s Windows Vista in typically acerbic fashion and concludes that Vista flunks the marketing test: Microsoft’s next-generation Windows hits the stores in less than two weeks,..

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