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Vista SP1 already....

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chunter
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6070&tag=nl.e539

Microsoft are releasing the Beta of Service Pack 1 for Vista in 2 weeks.

I don't think there's any more to be said..
except perhaps if you have Vista, I'm sorry for your troubles...
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  • superscaper
    superscaper Posts: 13,369 Forumite
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    chunter wrote: »
    except perhaps if you have Vista, I'm sorry for your troubles...

    So far this seems to be the same schedule that was used for XP. Is there anything that makes this out of the ordinary for Vista? As far as I know this is pretty much what was planned since Vista's release. In fact there's still a service pack 3 for XP to come out yet. I don't think anyone can really judge and conclude anything from sp file sizes until there's a release candidate. But it's been known since Vista's release (actually even before that) that there were features that weren't ready that were going to go into it.
    "She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
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  • sparkyboy22
    sparkyboy22 Posts: 38 Forumite
    Interesting read. Must say that I wouldn't go back to xp regardless of my niggles with vista
    Looking to set up a website. Use PM for the best prices.
  • Conor_3
    Conor_3 Posts: 6,944 Forumite
    chunter wrote: »
    http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6070&tag=nl.e539

    Microsoft are releasing the Beta of Service Pack 1 for Vista in 2 weeks.

    I don't think there's any more to be said..
    except perhaps if you have Vista, I'm sorry for your troubles...

    And? Your point? It is in line with SP1 releases for every OS since NT4.

    No troubles with Vista here...perhaps you should stop reading those Loonix fanboy lies.
  • Conor_3
    Conor_3 Posts: 6,944 Forumite
    superscaper wrote: »
    I don't think anyone can really judge and conclude anything from sp file sizes until there's a release candidate.

    The large files will be for network installs. Most people will probably have very little to download as they'll already have a lot of it through Windows Update so only those bits not updated will need to be done. They've already released a few parts already such as the performance fixes.

    Just a note to the OP...

    Recently did a clean install of WinXP, pre SP1. Had over 300MB of updates to install.
  • superscaper
    superscaper Posts: 13,369 Forumite
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    Conor wrote: »
    The large files will be for network installs. Most people will probably have very little to download as they'll already have a lot of it through Windows Update so only those bits not updated will need to be done. They've already released a few parts already such as the performance fixes.

    Just a note to the OP...

    Recently did a clean install of WinXP, pre SP1. Had over 300MB of updates to install.

    Very good point, most people won't need to install the entire X number of MiB for the whole service pack.
    "She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
    Moss
  • banger9365
    banger9365 Posts: 1,702 Forumite
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    i have tryed a beta version off the sp1 for vista and all i can say is why was it not released with it in the first place
    there or their,one day i might us the right one ,until then tuff

  • superscaper
    superscaper Posts: 13,369 Forumite
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    banger9365 wrote: »
    i have tryed a beta version off the sp1 for vista and all i can say is why was it not released with it in the first place

    Because it wasn't available!!!! The only way it could have been was to delay the release of Vista until what would be the release of SP1. You may think they should have done that but people have been pressuring MS to release it for ages. They had been working on it for more than five years already after all. The same argument could be made about XP and SP2, why didn't they release XP with a firewall etc etc. Within a finite time you can only do so much even if it is less than what was promised. I'd love to hear of an application, os, or any other program that was released without the need of additional features and future updates. If there's one thing I can remember from my software engineering lectures is that it is impossible to say that any piece of software is completely bug free.
    "She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
    Moss
  • banger9365
    banger9365 Posts: 1,702 Forumite
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    ok superscaper , i will say it made my pc run smoother and faster when i used the beta version put started to get BSOD put hay thats why it was a beta
    there or their,one day i might us the right one ,until then tuff

  • superscaper
    superscaper Posts: 13,369 Forumite
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    banger9365 wrote: »
    ok superscaper , i will say it made my pc run smoother and faster when i used the beta version put started to get BSOD put hay thats why it was a beta

    Well can't comment on that, I'm still on XP :D But as you say it is still a beta, and it's finding these problems that are the whole point.
    "She is quite the oddball. Did you notice how she didn't even get excited when she saw this original ZX-81?"
    Moss
  • Kman2001
    Kman2001 Posts: 126 Forumite
    vista problems are stupidly overexagerated by MS haters..I'v had it for four months now and can honestly say it's nothing but an excellent OS when run on a fairly decent pc
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