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Omega-13
These builds are post-reset Longhorn builds, primarily focused on reintegrating features from the pre-reset builds while maintaining stability. Most of these builds are similar to Windows XP in overall look and feel. Few builds from this stage of development have been released, officially or otherwise.

Beta 1
These builds are the official Vista Beta 1 builds. They contain remnants of the Longhorn branding, and are mostly stable.

Pre-Beta 2 Fork
These builds were released or documented during the evolution of Vista from Beta 1 to Beta 2-quality.

Beta 2
These builds were mainly intended for consumers, and were considered beta-quality. However, these builds can be somewhat unstable, and are not yet fully feature-complete.

Pre-RC1
These builds consist of interim builds designed to indicate progress to close partners and trusted testers. They are generally more stable than Beta 2.

RC1
Release Candidate 1 was feature complete, and contained most of the UI and features intended for RTM.

RC2
This is an interim build, intended for close partners, which is actually a RTM Escrow build. Therefore, the name of RC2 is actually a misnomer.