Paul Thurrott's SuperSite for Windows published a review on Windows Vista Build 5365

Late Friday night, Microsoft finally posted the Windows Vista interim build I promised was on the way (here and here). Windows Vista build 5365 follows build 5342 (see my screenshot gallery) by almost exactly a month and will be the final interim build Microsoft issues before Beta 2, which is now due May 22, 2006. Build 5365 is a significant improvement over the builds we've seen previously and features one major functional change, which I'll explain below.

Unlike my previous February CTP/Build 5342 review, this will review will be relatively short and will unfold in a single article. But that's mostly because Vista is starting to shape up into its final form and little is changing from build to build. Before getting into a rundown of what's changed in 5365, however, I'd like to address some of the issues I finally raised in part 5 of my February CTP/Build 5342 review, Where Vista Fails. This article, for better or worse, was widely disseminated around the Windows, Mac OS, and Linux communities, debated and dissected. Most people were highly complimentary of the fact that I was able to so concretely criticize Microsoft for its failings. A very tiny minority were disappointed or, in one bizarre case, accused me of baldly trying to drum up readers by taking a controversial stance.

Windows Vista Build 5365 Review