Vista SP1 due on February 15th?
By Nilay Patel 
posted Jan 23rd 2008 9:03PM
posted Jan 23rd 2008 9:03PM
Vista SP1 has already been previewed, gone through a Release Candidate cycle, and had a changelog released -- so all that's left is for Microsoft to hit us with it, right? Not so fast, Sparky -- according to various sources, you're still going to have wait three more weeks to get your hands on that hot SP1 action: circle February 15th on your Ballmer / Gates pinup calendar and start counting the days. Of course, Microsoft isn't confirming anything one way or another other than Q108, so don't get too excited, but after all we've been through together, we can't imagine the Redmond crew not giving us a (late) Valentine's Day present -- we're like, totally serious, right?
That's cool and all but where's my WinXP Sp3?
Its installed on my MacBook Pro so i can play games, so i don't know what your complaining about. Then again so is Vista SP1 on my friend's PC.
Where's my Ballmer/Gates pinup calendar?
Have you tried the Beta yet it still needs a lil work I tried on my daughters PC and it shut it down without installing twice
Good question. I've an install of XP that's slowly grinding to a halt (installed 2003 on a pIII 550 mHz) - has had a bad install of Norton, changed video card drivers a few times (can't seem to get rid of the nVidia special feature centre) and generally been abused beyond all belief. I'm just waiting on SP3 so I can slipstream the service pack and enjoy a fully updated install in ~1.5 hours as opposed to wasting the next two days patching it. C'mon Microsoft - no one who has Vista or is planning to buy it (outside of getting it on the next computer they buy) actually cares about SP1. Give us XP SP3!!!
Probably just holding off a little bit longer so they can steal the thunder of next massive Leopard update.
Won't the next Leopard update be v10.6, have a new name and cost a few hundred dollars?
Probably, but when Engadget sites that the next dot release is going to contain over a hundred fixes, I'd hardly call that anything less than a pretty major update.
Or maybe just fixing things that should have been right in the first place isn't really major news? Who knows. xD
LOL, yeah. Though for a lot us, a Valentine's Day gift from Microsoft is about as welcome as a note from a stalking ex-boyfriend.
http://www.filterra.com/bioretention
I personally would enjoy a note from a stalker. Always amusing until the kill you.
@ lain
"Won't the next Leopard update be v10.6, have a new name and cost a few hundred dollars?"
A few hundred dollars? We're not talking Micro$oft here. An OS X release is only $129.
SPOILER: 10.6 is gonna be named for a cat
Coming Soon to a Mac near you.....Mac OSX Lion
Featuring Steve Jobs milking his Disney stock for all its worth by singing "I just can't wait...oh nevermind, I already am king"
On an unreleated (and halariously ironic if you think aobut it in the right context) note....February 15th also happens to be International That's What She Said Day
Wow...This is just something I've noticed, is it impossible to not mention Apple on a MS article, or vice versa?
It's like a certain portion of the world:
Death to Microsoft! Death to Apple!
All Morons just hate.
wow u tard its the new operating system get a friggin brain
We'll see how it works...maybe I'll consider "upgrading" to Vista after the Service Pack.
For me, it was running fine before SP1.
Its been running fine after i installed the beta.
It will be fine after its official release.
Ever since the driver issues were resolved, Vista has been fine for me.
That's funny, I just uninstalled the sp1 rc1 cycle 2, because it didn't have my printer drivers or cd drive drivers. I still haven't restarted after the uninstall.
Weird. I went to HP's website to download the drivers for my all-in-one and it told me Vista comes with all the proper drivers for it. Everything I've plugged in has worked except for my video card that is pretty much only found on my particular laptop model.
yawn... I'll wait for the reviews before upgrading my Vista
I wish apple would release leopard for windows, I own vista ultimate that I snagged off ebay for 120 dollars. 120 dollars too much. I'd rather spend 300 on leopard than use this. XP>Vista. Sure the graphics are nice, but this OS does not make anything simpler; rather more complex.
I think you mean Leopard for PC.
I think he means leopard for non-Apple computers.
Sweet, maybe I'll finally install Vista on one of my systems. Don't usually bother until a few months after the first SP. I'm excited to finally get a shweet UI (although the Zune UI on xp is pretty nice, nothing like Aero).
lol yeah that's a bad error to make
FWIW, I've heard through a few inside sources that the 'launch date' for Vista SP1 and Server 2008 (And possibly XP SP3 but my sources deal with Vista/2008 exclusively - SP3 may come later) will be Feb 27th. RTM of course could/should be earlier.
I'm beginning to think I'm the only person on the planet who LOVES Vista. That being said.. I'm definitely ready to get rid of my BSOD.
I like Vista too, a few annoyances here and there.
also I like Windows Media Player much better now, itunes seems to be buggy sometimes.
Never seen a BSOD on Vista yet.
I love vista too! I've not had a single problem with drivers, errors or devices.
I have another laptop with XP and it pains me to go back now, heh.
Count me in! I love Vista, to me it represents simplicity and elegance in one neat package.
I haven't had one single problem with Vista itself since I bought it. The one time I did, it was a corrupted boot file, and vista repaired it all for me anyway. =]
I find the best part about everybody wanting XP back is that it's only serving to drive down the prices of Vista anyway.
I like Vista specifically for Media Center. It looks so much nicer and has more features than Media Center 2005. I couldn't imagine giving up Vista to go back to XP's Media Center with how much I use it in Vista.
The only BSOD I have seen on Vista was cause by a bad stick of RAM. I haven't had a single one since I replaced the bad stick.
I luv vista the day i got it. i had a couple of driver issues b4 and every now and then it gets annoying cuz there are bugs but as time goes bye i get less and less errors and there wasnt even that many to begin with. i couldnt see myself going back to XP 1 week after i was using vista
Same here. I waited but finally installed it a few weeks ago. No problems at at. Better than XP. But I would have like a more significant upgrade. All the really innovative features were cut. I really can't seen anyone seriously holding on to XP until the next Windows release.
Why do they bother releasing this when people can already upgrade to XP?
This, folks, is an example of an original, hilariously witty comment.
Don't worry, I love vista too, that makes two of us! Hasn't been to much of a hassle getting used to it, just got to shut of that darn user account control and its all good. Hope SP1 doesnt mess it up as Microsoft loves to fix things that arent broken (such as XP, even though I do like Vista)
Why should users pay for updates that are not even a full version?? I never understood that about Apple OS X versions...
Pay $129 for fixes (improvements?)... That's insane.
Vista is great. I love it. You dont like it, then make something better
OS X: http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20071025/leopard-faster-easier-than-vista/
@adam
Nice Apple add! How much they got paid?
Just because you don't want to drink the kool-aid, ii doesn't mean it tastes like crap.
Hopefully it would convince me to buy it...
If SP-1 is terrible, then I'm definately switching to Leopard.
Vista right now isn't as good as Vista SP1 by definition. Switch now if you want.
So will SP1 have the new file system along w/ all the other missing features? I just recall Microsoft promising it all in SP1... can anyone confirm or deny this? I just haven't been following Microsoft's doings too much lately...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinFS
Nothing much in the way of new features, its suppose to be more like a Win2k SP4 flavor. Rolled up security updates with a few minor fixes here and there. Nothing really ground breaking or impressive. I'm just waiting for the improved network transfers and unzipping of files. Unzipping a gig file with lots of individual files and folders it quite annoying regardless of what utility is used for the unzipping.
You mean the new filesystem Microsoft has been talking about for the last fifteen years? In other words, the filesystem which has been vaporware nearly twice as long as Duke Nukem Forever? Hmmm, let me think.
Short answer : SP1 is mainly performance fixes. Changes under the hood.
And nowhere did Microsoft promise a new file system in SP1 plus other features. I don't know where you get your sources, but it seems to me they intentionally misled users to spark the old "Microsoft 'promised' this, but didn't do it" into fanboys.
And it's not hard to Y! Search "Vista SP1" or look at it in Wikipedia.