Give us Vista SP2 NOOOWWWW!!!!

Get ready for SP2

Why is it taking them so long?
I don't want to download it from torrents as they may have trojans and all the bad things in the world etc.
I don't know why I want it so bad though
so far vista works perfectly for me.

 

All I can say is chill.

I got mine from a MSDN torrent and the changes made are nothing to get overly excited about. Your computer will function and perform roughly the same way as it does with SP1. As Microsoft has said on many occasions. SP2 is nothing more than previous hot fixes with a few changes, such as Search 4.0, .NET 3.5 SP1 and a couple of other things, none which will turn Vista into W7.

 

Speak for yourself, my stuff runs twice as fast.


Or maybe that's cause I did some of the Vista Tweaks as stated here....well then... 4x as fast then.

It's unfortunate they haven't released in publicly yet, wonder what the hold up is.

 

Possibly sever resources.

 

Not like it needs to be turned into Windows 7 RC; I used Vista and it worked pretty well for the most part for over a year. Im using Windows 7 now ( due to a combination of messing up my Vista installation, wanting to see what all the hype was about, being too lazy to reinstall Vista, and not wanting to have 2 OSs take up more room than necessary ), and I must say, I am FAR impressed. It has a few things that are better than Vista yea, a few more features, better memory management, etc,etc, but not nearly the "ZOMG Win7 ***** ALL OVER VISTA" that I was reading. Hopefully RTM version will bring much more to the table.

Nklive - If Vista works fine for you, what are you like, geeking out? I mean, I would find it more understandable, were you day in and day out cursing Vista and hoping that SP2 fixed some of the issues, but as the saying goes, "if it aint broke, dont fix it".

 

No, I speak for others who have said the same thing, do a search. 4x as fast? Yeah either you are stretching things like bubble gum or you truly are the chosen one.

 

Yeah, I know, I've just read some people comments saying that they had improved fps and stability in games, that's all. But still I don't understand why it takes so long for Microsoft to release the SP2. And some features in 7 should be available in Vista as well like the WDDM 1.1 and the DXVA-HD (DirectX Video Acceleration). I don't see the reason why it should be otherwise. I guess maybe the same reason DirectX 10 isn't in XP. Damn Microsoft's marketing strategy. A marketing strategy should be centered around the key concept that customer satisfaction is the main goal.

 

My download of Microsoft Windows Vista with SP2 integrated (by MS, and not some cool kid on a forum) will be complete within an hour!

 

+1 for this one!

 

Let's keep this thread on topic, and keep the fanboy comments off the forum. Thanks.

 

Exactly, let the XP users be happy with their OS in their own threads.
To the point though, it is really frustrating that Microsoft is not releasing the SP2 soon after they did RTM. What's the point? Is it for the MSDN subscribers only? Do the subscribers pay to have the updates and Service packs sooner than anyother else? Or is it for all the Windows 7 users to keep saying how stable it is and reliable? It looks like it's another marketing strategic crap that causes more bad than good as it is always been for Microsoft.
For me Vista is the best so far OS and I wouldn't change it for anything, especially XP. SP2 would make it even better and for some people it might make it much better than XP or 7 as well.

 

I haven't tried Windows 7, but I don't think I'll get that over Vista. I just love it. I'll wait till Windows 7 SP1 hits the market.

 

Usually Windows SP's are RTM one month before the public release. SP2 should Windows Update within the next 2 weeks .

 

MSDN subscribers do pay to get it sooner, but that is not some nefarious marketing ploy by Microsoft. Just the opposite. MSDN stands for Microsoft Software Developers Network. And the idea is that Microsoft wants to be sure that service packs get into the hands of developers FIRST so the developers have an opportunity to test their software with the SP before the general public gets it. That way if there are any issues the developers have a chance to get their software fixed in time before the SP general release. If the developers and the general public got this at the same time imagine how the excrement could hit the rotating air circulation device.

Yes, I am an MSDN subscriber.

Gary

 

Methinks we need a new topic:

Whining about MSFT and people who want to converse with the Whiners
(subtopic: 5th grade girls drama club)

 

Tell that to the early Vista adopter, it was was a mess.
I am glad to hear so many positive things for Windows 7, I can't wait to try it out.

 

We were talking about the SP release. But to your point the early adopters who had problems, they had them because SOME developers chose to not bother to avail themselves of the option to get prerelease copies of the OS and do the proper testing. Actually most of the big complaints were are around drivers and if you scratch the surface of that just a bit you will find companies like Creative who made a STRATEGIC decision not to create drivers for older hardware. They saw it as an opportunity to force folks into buying new hardware. There were other driver issues not caused by such opportunism, but again those can be traced back to a lack of testing. Microsoft put the beta copies into the hands of all MSDN subscribers, in plenty of time for the developers do do what they SHOULD have done. My stuff was fully tested before Vista hit the streets.

Gary