Vista SP1 might be released on february 4th

RHochstenbach · 03-02-2008, 12:46 PM

According to this website, SP1 of Vista will reach the RTM status on february 4th.

donkey42 · 03-02-2008, 12:34 PM

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According to this website, SP1 of Vista will reach the RTM status on february 4th.

well, that's a surprise, M$ usually set themselves deadlines and work their bo11ocks off trying to meet those deadlines

BTW: i'm glad i don't rely on M$

Anti-Trend · 04-02-2008, 08:49 PM

That's funny, Ballmer said Vista wouldn't need service packs at all. RSVP — Xnews: No Vista Service Packs...

donkey42 · 04-02-2008, 09:19 PM

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That's funny, Ballmer said Vista wouldn't need service packs at all. RSVP — Xnews: No Vista Service Packs...

strange, i looked @ M$ and their even banging on about vista SP1, weird.

RHochstenbach · 04-02-2008, 10:05 PM

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That's funny, Ballmer said Vista wouldn't need service packs at all. RSVP — Xnews: No Vista Service Packs...

That reminds me of Bill Gates, who said that a PC won't ever need more than 640KB of RAM

But Ballmer is right, Vista won't need a service pack. That is because a Service Pack doesn't make Windows better than it was, it's just a few hundred megabytes of failed code added to the OS.

Anti-Trend · 06-02-2008, 12:03 AM

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...But Ballmer is right, Vista won't need a service pack. That is because a Service Pack doesn't make Windows better than it was, it's just a few hundred megabytes of failed code added to the OS.

Ouch, harsh words from a Windows user.

RHochstenbach · 06-02-2008, 09:27 AM

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Ouch, harsh words from a Windows user.

If I liked Linux, I've gotten rid of Windows already

Anti-Trend · 06-02-2008, 09:13 PM

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If I liked Linux, I've gotten rid of Windows already

Sn1P3R · 07-03-2008, 06:02 PM

I read Vista SP1 is out mid march

yorkkev28 · 08-03-2008, 08:34 PM

Well i won't be jumping across. XP SP2 all the way.

megamaced · 08-03-2008, 10:52 PM

Not sure if this has been covered yet because I can't be bothered to read the whole thread, but...

Service Pack 1 for Vista is already available for Technet and MSDN subscribers. The reason it hasn't been made available to the general public yet is because SP1 actually manages to "break" existing software and drivers that worked with Vista. LOL, driver and application support is bad enough on Vista, now SP1 will break these things even further...

Anti-Trend · 08-03-2008, 11:13 PM

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...SP1 actually manages to "break" existing software and drivers that worked with Vista. LOL, driver and application support is bad enough on Vista, now SP1 will break these things even further...

Yup, and I wouldn't be surprised if there were performance ramifications also.

RHochstenbach · 08-03-2008, 11:20 PM

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Yup, and I wouldn't be surprised if there were performance ramifications also.

And you're right. I'm running SP1 for a few weeks now and the performance has dropped.

Anti-Trend · 08-03-2008, 11:33 PM

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And you're right. I'm running SP1 for a few weeks now and the performance has dropped.

Unsurprising, considering Microsoft's apparent design philosophy: "Don't fix old code, add new code on top of it!"

Big B · 08-03-2008, 11:51 PM

I've said it before, and I'll say it again.

If Microsoft had brought out Vista with what they had planned initially, it would've been a compelling upgrade. Unfortunately, they took too long, stripped out too much, and ended up with DirectX 10 being the only thing that might prompt people to purchase it. The NT code is at least 14 years old, and while it's served well, Redmond needs something fresh.

Vista is the Windows ME of the NT family.

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megamaced Geek Geek Geek! Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 24 Male Posts: 3,466 Times Helpful: 352 My Mood: Fine Status: Offline My Computer	Not sure if this has been covered yet because I can't be bothered to read the whole thread, but... Service Pack 1 for Vista is already available for Technet and MSDN subscribers. The reason it hasn't been made available to the general public yet is because SP1 actually manages to "break" existing software and drivers that worked with Vista. LOL, driver and application support is bad enough on Vista, now SP1 will break these things even further... __________________ "A computer is like air conditioning: it becomes useless when you open windows". ~Linus Torvalds

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