Microsoft could pull the trigger on putting out a beta of the first service pack for Windows Vista any day with a final release by November, sources close to the company said. Microsoft has been mum about exactly what will be included in Windows Vista Service Pack 1, a rollup of updates for the OS, many of which are pushed out automatically through its Web-based update services. The company also has not said when the software will be in final release -- the latest from the company revealed only that a beta will be out sometime before the end of the year. The WinBeta.org blog reported Tuesday in a post that Microsoft 's WDK (Windows Driver Kit) team sent out an e-mail to beta testers that a new build of the WDK was being released to them to coincide "with the recent OS beta release for Vista SP1 Preview," hinting that SP1 beta is soon to be sent to testers.
Others speculate Microsoft might release the SP1 beta Thursday, the day it will report the company's fiscal 2007 fourth quarter and year-end financial results. In an interview Wednesday, one source close to the company said he had been told by insiders that a beta of SP1 would be out by now, so an imminent release is highly likely. And another source said that beta testers report SP1 will definitely be out this week with a final release coming in November or December.
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Others speculate Microsoft might release the SP1 beta Thursday, the day it will report the company's fiscal 2007 fourth quarter and year-end financial results. In an interview Wednesday, one source close to the company said he had been told by insiders that a beta of SP1 would be out by now, so an imminent release is highly likely. And another source said that beta testers report SP1 will definitely be out this week with a final release coming in November or December.
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They BETTER rush this crap out ASAP. Vista needs all the help it can get, right out of the box. Removed it from the 2 boxes I had it installed on 2 days afterwards! What a POS!! Just my opinion on this!!
Damned if they delay.
Sigh.
Thanks,
The WDK Beta team
Thanks,
The WDK Beta team
i got the same email also
I have the June CTP of S2008 installed in a VMware Workstation virtual machine. Its UI – and usability – is just like Vista's, but without a lot of the hassles. Seems pretty solid so far. I too would strongly recommend it over Vista – even if you just use it as a desktop OS.
Why the rush??? because vista is nothing but incompatibility. That's why the rush... people are getting ****ed off, I get calls from people wanting to buy laptops but they DO NOT want Vista on their PCs... they rather pay the extra $$$ and load XP on it.
Why the rush??? because vista is nothing but incompatibility. That's why the rush... people are getting ****ed off, I get calls from people wanting to buy laptops but they DO NOT want Vista on their PCs... they rather pay the extra $$$ and load XP on it.
This surprises me! I didn't know the average person knows what Vista is! My neighbour thought he got XP with a skin with his new PC
He pretty much did. LOL (OK, just kidding)
Granted it is buggy, but does anyone else remember how buggy Windows XP, 2k and 98 Gold were before their service packs and good drivers?!
People don't want it because its different -well so was Win95 and much more seriously!
SP-Rushed?
Microsoft wanted something new. a fresh approach to doing stuff.
the end result was something that is definitely different, and in many, many ways a *worse* way to do things.
many options don't have alternative methods of doing things - they simply don't exist in Vista.
i doubt the Service Pack will change things back to how they use to be done.
with a Vista-compatible system w/ 2 Gigs of ram or more, things should run fine. no issues with stability or anything.
the only "non interface" Vista correction i can think of off the top of my head for the server pack is that whole "Slow file transfer" issue. hard drives that are capable of 30-100 megabytes a second transfer should not be transferring files at under 1 meg a second to each other.
The user interface is something I like. I have been using Windows since 95 (and it was time for a change). The UI is nicely laid out and most options "should be easily available." I will admit that it can be a little limiting at times. They do, however, offer a nice command line (power-shell). It works well under XP and Windows 2003, but has some enhanced features under Vista (as well as the coming Win2k8 server line).
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/17662
via winbeta here http://www.winbeta.org/comments.php?id=8518&catid=1
Bink.nu is reporting that "So the only release that's occurring is a limited Beta to a very small, very select group of advance customers. A public version of the Beta is not being released this week, nor next, nor in July, nor anytime in the immediate future."
I'm on Vista Ultimate x64 with no Power Chute problems. You may want to check APC's website out again.
Everyone here knows that the code base for Vista and Server 2008 are the same right?
"A brand new operating system with a major update already"...
I wonder where i can get my hands on a beta test
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