Go now or wait? (WinSDK CTP)

[Jon Davis]

I'm holding off on installing the Windows SDK CTP based on Vista Feb 06 CTP
onto a Windows XP computer as a development machine for WinFX learning and
application testing, waiting in anticipation of and hopes for a newer Vista
CTP and XP-installable Windows SDK pre-release.

But there hasn't been any new WinSDK CTPs lately and I don't want to wait
for Vista Beta 2 when they resync and re-release the SDK preview.

What do you guys suggest? Bother with installation now and reinstall all in
more than a month, or hold off?

I'm not at all in a hurry on this, but I'm quite curious and impatient about
testing app compatibility and tinkering with WinFX development, and I'm
equally nervous about the stability and completeness of February's release.

Thanks,
Jon

 

[Andre Da Costa [Extended64]]

You have no choice, the SDKs are not synced to work with interim releases,
so its either the Feb CTP or BETA 2.
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[Jason Sacks [MSFT]]

Andre is correct. The Windows SDK is working towards Beta 2 and won't have
any interim builds of the SDK between Feb CTP and Beta 2.