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Vista SP1 Coming In Q1 2008

Posted by kdawson on from the quicker-than-XP's dept.

Many readers sent in word of Microsoft's announcement of the schedule for Vista SP1. The Beskerming blog has a good summary. Up to 15,000 people will get access to a beta of SP1 by the end of September; general release is targeted (not promised in stone) for early 2008. The service pack is said to improve performance and stability, not to add features.

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  1. I wish... by Jugalator · · Score: 4, Funny

    The service pack is said to improve performance and stability, not to add features. I hope it'll add a few bugs too. I don't want using this OS start feeling completely alien. :-/
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  2. Re:Me'thinks by bbernard · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now how am I going to hold people off? My excuse has always been "not until SP1 comes out." I'm screwed.

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  3. 15,000 people will get the beta??? by dada21 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Isn't that more than are running Vista right now?

  4. Re:it seems that the standalone image is going to by eln · · Score: 5, Funny

    If the intention is to fix everything that's wrong with Vista, I'm impressed they got it all into only 1 GB.

  5. Skype goes into panic mode by mbadolato · · Score: 5, Funny

    Up to 15,000 people will get access to a beta of SP1 by the end of September


    To which the developers at Skype are yelling "HOPEFULLY NOT ALL AT THE EXACT SAME TIME, ASSHATS!" :)
  6. The sp should make things much better by Joe+the+Lesser · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because the Vista SP1 simply uninstalls Vista and installs XP.

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  7. Re:Me'thinks by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...because now Microsoft KNOWS this fact and also has learned...

    Historical data suggests this is probably not so.

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  8. Re:Me'thinks by MayorDefacto · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm actually glad it was released early...

    Vista was released early? Now that's rich!