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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. Waiting for the SP by just_another_sean · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Mr. White's assertions aside, IMHO, MS is releasing this service pack as early as possible to entice people into believing Vista is "ready". The practice in the industry to wait for the first few updates is to firmly entrenched for them to simply "write it off".

    And in my experience, lest my FOSS bias shine through, the idea of waiting for the first few updates goes for most software, not just Windows or other MS software.

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  3. 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.

  4. Re:Poopyhead by Toonol · · Score: 5, Interesting

    So what the AC said, although obviously correct, should be ignored because we don't have a name attached?