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What Vista SP1 Means To You

Posted by Zonk on from the see-your-doctor dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Geek.com has an interview with Nick White, Microsoft's Vista Product Manager, covering the upcoming release of Vista SP1. The interview goes over some of the new features, how the change will affect admins, and how Microsoft decides if a change should be rolled out as an update or as part of the service pack. One of the most interesting questions asks whether people should feel that they have to wait until SP1 to upgrade to the operating system, a common practice with Windows users. White writes off this practice as no longer being necessary and notes how Windows Update has lessened the importance of the release of a service pack. Just the same, a News.com article explores the possibility that this update will finally begin driving users to Vista."

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  1. What Vista SP1 means to me by eln · · Score: 5, Funny

    Vista SP1 means fresh material to pick on Microsoft for. So now, instead of having a year of the same old "Vista sucks and is failing" articles on Slashdot day after day, we'll have fresh new material like "Vista SP1 sucks and is failing."

    1. Re:What Vista SP1 means to me by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      What it means to me is enough freelance support work that I'll be able to afford a new Mac. On the downside, it's the IT equivalent of working with raw sewage.

  2. Bloat? by Thyamine · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow, I didn't know you could remove bloat with a Service Pack.

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  3. Re:New features? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Didn't I just read in the Slashdot Vista news earlier "The service pack is said to improve performance and stability, not to add features." Yes, very misleading. Performance and stability are the new features.
  4. A message from raw sewage by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    On the downside, it's the IT equivalent of working with raw sewage.

    We, the raw sewage community, take umbrage with that remark.

  5. huh? by catbutt · · Score: 4, Funny

    One of the most interesting questions asks if whether people should feel like that have to wait until SP1 to upgrade to the operating system, a common practice with Windows users Who wrote that sentence? Miss South Carolina?
    1. Re:huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      No, Miss South Carolina is a beautiful, intelligent human being who feels deep embarrassment and shame after her public humiliation. She'll work hard to make sure you don't see a mistake like that from her again in her lifetime.

      Zonk, on the other hand...