Vista SP1 officially coming tomorrow?
By Nilay Patel 
posted March 17th 2008 2:02PM
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I wonder why Microsoft has been so shady with Vista's Service Pack 1's release date.
I suppose in the long run, it doesn't matte, as long as I can upgrade my Vista installation by the end of the month.
Matter*.
shady? How so?... oh right, you're just being a troll. bye bye now.
@Chris
Your an idiot. Hes not being a troll. MS has taken their sweet time to release this and they still wont give us a release date!
Yeah, I was wondering the same thing. The only scenario I could come up with was that SP1 is not going to save Vista and make it a must-upgrade, so they didn't want to over-hype it, only to disappoint everyone later. Hopefully that's not the case.
"Your an idiot."
Oh my... that's sad.
Lets see here, when MS delays a release its being "shady" when Apple delays a release its because they are "improving" it.
Nice to have a double standard around here guys.
Tomorrow! Yeah! (I hope...) I hope it fixes the "Calculating Time Remaining" thing... I Don't wanna calculate, JUST DO THE DARN THING!
P.S: I spotted this oddity on Google:
http://thesource.ofallevil.com
Paul: Apple's been shadier than Microsoft lately, I'm not denying that. But that has nothing to do with my comment.
Yay for service packs! No sarcasm here, I have Vista at home. I'm looking forward to SP1.
The only strange thing about Vista compared to XP seems to be the shear volume of updates. Something's happening pretty much every day. Every time I look there's an "!" in the close down for putting something new on. Maybe SP1 will help slow the floodgates.
Really? I never have anything. When I check the only download options I have are dozens of language packs and some poker game.
"The only strange thing about Vista compared to XP seems to be the shear volume of updates. Something's happening pretty much every day. Every time I look there's an "!" in the close down for putting something new on. Maybe SP1 will help slow the floodgates."
Are you running Ultimate? The language packs and lame extras pop up fairly often with it, but actual updates only come out every second tuesday of the month. In terms of OS updates, Vista has had far fewer than XP(actually, far fewer than any current OS), though Office generates a pretty goodly number. The last round of updates had no Vista patches but several office ones for example
"shear"? I would think more sheer, unless you were going to cut some hair.
"The only strange thing about Vista compared to XP seems to be the shear volume of updates. Something's happening pretty much every day. Every time I look there's an "!" in the close down for putting something new on. Maybe SP1 will help slow the floodgates."
Frequently those are updates for Windows Defender, not really "Vista" updates.
Yeah, Brian's right, those are for Windows Defender. If you install that in XP you'll get the daily definition updates too.
YAY!
WICKED I CANT WAIT, FOR VISTA
Steve?
Whoa. Kind of sudden notice, don't you think?
Oh well. All the better for Vista users like me!
sudden notice? where have you been?
KOOL, WICKED ALAST I CANT WAIT, FOR VISTA SP1, WICKED
It was high time............. I needed to badly uninstall the SP1 RC I had since last year
Personally, I love Vista. It has its faults (no OS is perfect) and I honestly cannot go back to Vista. I have had zero driver issues and etc. The GUI is a much welcomed improvement - even if Microsoft took cues from Apple. The service pack is just another plus imo.
Why are people taking cheap shots with the toliet paper stint in Japan? Is this really news to you all? This isn't the first product to get toliet paper as promotional items (a Wii game, and several other products). It is Japan after all. Oh I forgot, people just like to hate on Microsoft. Oh well.
**Personally, I love Vista. It has its faults (no OS is perfect) and I honestly cannot go back to *XP. (HAHAHA...)
Just ignore posts like the toilet paper. Engadget just need to fill their Apple fanboy quota for the day.
Don't worry guys, the cheque's in the mail.
me buy
Already got it! It's on our universities msdnaa server. But got a lot of problems with drivers! It seems to be faster and laptop battery is longer lasting!
SP1 has been available for quite awhile for current Vista users - Just check Windows Updates.
And they're free.
I have been checking Updates, SP1 has never shown up. I'm on Vista 64-bit, that might be why. I checked updates last night in fact, no SP1.
@Zak: I meant most of the changes for Vista SP1 have came through as small updates in Windows Updates. Many Microsoft blogs have mentions this already.
Well actually, even though it's Wikipedia, Wikipedia stated that updates will also come for users via an Update on Tuesday, March 18th. Check the last entry.
Whoops. Here's the link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vista_sp1#Service_Pack_1
Ahh, I getcha. Yeah I have been getting minor updates now and then.
I wonder if this Final SP1 fix the stupid annoying SORT BY, GROUP BY, STACK BY from keep on changing the details back to default every freaking time. The SP1 RC didn't fix that at all.
I find it funny how people choose to sleep a whole day to make the day go by faster. I wish I could but I have this damn work to deal with. I wish cryo-tech was available.
So whats in SP1 again?
Try this link.
http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/pages/windows-vista-service-pack-1-beta-whitepaper.aspx
I'm rather looking forward to SP1. I've got Vista installed on a second harddrive on my home system and it's just waiting for SP1 to launch. Once it is available I'll finally start messing with the OS.
I have been using Vista with SP1 preinstalled for several weeks now (64 and 32 bit) and it really is improved. You can feel things moving a little bit quicker than with the original release. It's just tighter in general. And NO driver issues on a very wide range of hardware. They got it right with SP1. If you're going Vista, now is the best time to do it.
Yeah...it's def coming very soon. When I was putting out price tags Saturday at Staples I saw that all the Vista SKU's had their status set to Inactive. I'm assuming the new SP1 ones are going to be a different SKU's. Just a matter of time...
ROFLMAO..HAHAHAHAHA!!!....you poor bastards. I honestly feel sorry for everyone who puts themselves through this crap from Microsoft. You guys just continue to take the abuse and go back for more. I implore you: switch to something else for your own sanity. Anything else?
Do you want to end up like that lunatic, Steve Ballmer? You can argue he's rich,but no amount of money is worth losing your mind. Go look at the poor saps photo on Wikipedia. He looks like a psychotic rabid dog looking for his next chance to act like a nut. He's like that because he's been using Microsoft Windows for the past 20 years.
Kind sir, prepare to voted down into an abyss of nothingness!
So I can use Windows and wind up like Balmer, or switch to something else and wind up like you?
One copy of Vista Business, please.
**Anthony,
What abuse? Most issues that Window users typically encounter are from their own negligence. I use both Windows and Apple OSX, and I like both. I have nothing notably bad to say about Vista. Dispite Microsoft and their "bullying" attitude - its really not that different from Apple and the cult following of "I'm better than you" users. I'm a middle man - if the product works - I use it. Vista works for me and does what I need it to do. Sounds like money well spent.
@RiCEADDiCTBOY
my thoughts exactly
people need to understand that there are only two types of computer problems
user error & hardware failure
Oh, boy. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Software developers make more mistakes than most. You have no idea how often software is shipped with open defects deemed too minor or obscure to delay a shipping date. There are often catastrophic defects which result from untested aspects of the software, which are often unseen until reported by the end-user. If it was all without failure points upon initial shipping, there would never be a need for updates or "service packs".
yh...ok.. im confused..
i have vista installed already..will i have to pay to get SP1 or will i just have to download it? i know its properly a really stupid question but can someone please help?
regards
**Rob,
Its free. :)
It will come as a free Update via Windows Updates on Tuesday.
That's what many Microsoft blogs have already said.
please do remember this is an apple blog so it hasnt been mentioned ;)