Vista SP1 will be released on 02/04/08

according to http://www.crn.com/software/206102246 and

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,141705-pg,1/article.html (Thanks Calvin)

 

thks for the news
finally i hope it stops some Vista haters (no offense)
It looks like it is going to be more like the xp soon...

 

I agree....I'm pretty much sick of the vista whining...people need to understand that xp was the same way when it was first released

 

Rezpower says that 3 hours ago his computer prompted him to update to Vista SP1, presumably the public release. He already had a beta version.

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=214718

 

interesting..im not sure since im at work..anybody else?

 

Interesting... looking forward towards monday...

 

*crosses fingers*

 

Nope that was just a hoax. How come only one PC in the world showed sp1 through windows update? Let's hope for final release soon through windows update.

 

I don't think that everybody gets a release at the exact same time. Think about it, if that were to happen there would be the potential for a HUGE bandwidth clog all at once. I think these are done on a "rolling" basis. So I am not certain it's a hoax. At least not YET. Give it 24 hours before you conclude this.

Gary

 

wow?! amazing!!!!!! Microsoft to release an SP ahead of time? sounds too good to be true

 

hey which format is this dd/mm/yy OR mm/dd/yy ?? ... KIDDING..

How reliable is that source? Sounds fiction

 

there's no way it would be as late as 04/02/08...there are many other sources saying mid february.

This could be due to an early roll out to test the "integrity" of their servers since everyone will be downloading it at once?

 

Well sources like BetaNews suggested March as a realistic date. Don't get your hopes up so high and stop speculating.

 

My hopes arn't too high...personally, I could care less if it came out now or next month...I'm not experiencing any problems that may be solved by the sp1 update.....and what is it to you if we speculate?

 

how big will SP1 be? i've only got 1.34GB's of space left

 

You can't install it then.
eyecon82, this kind of speculation is bull****, just because it's not based on anything.

 

I don't know why you think its bull..but it seems to be pretty legit..here's a quote that even explains the time difference in the roll out

"If you have been waiting for Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista, well, you can now mark your calender. We just received word that Microsoft has scheduled Windows Vista Service Pack 1 for release to manufacturer (RTM) on Monday, February 4, 2008. That's just 3 days away! The OEMs will also receive Windows Vista Service Pack 1 during that week.

Microsoft will be deploying Service Pack 1 in two "waves". Wave 0, which is the one released on February 4, will only include five languages - English, French, Spanish, German and Japanese. The second wave, Wave 1, is scheduled for release 1-2 weeks later, and will cover all 36 basic languages, including Chinese."

 

There's always a massive demand, but there never seems to be a clog. I consistently download off Microsoft Updates at about 0.1MB/s during patch tuesday. If I download during off peak times, I can get up to 0.5MB/s.

There must be giant warehouses with nothing but servers pumping out updates to pretty much the world.

 

yea, MS is so rich

 

yay, can't wait.

 

Not that SP1 will offer anything extraordinary, but it just feels better to have an SP

 

the only thing I am looking for in SP1 is the stability and a more reliable sleep/resume cycle

 

I am looking for Improved Data Transfers (no.1 Complaint), Reduced Explorer crashes & More battery life

 

hmm..i've never had any issues with those..i can always use more battery life though...

 

Er, no. (First, it wasn't. Or did Microsoft have to offer to downgrade people's XP licenses to 98? I don't think so.)

But much more importantly, even if you're right, that is still inexcusable.
Because XP is not like XP was when it was first released. It's vastly better.
If, by your own words, Vista is like XP was 7 years ago, that means Vista is 7 years behind XP today.
Seems like a good reason to be skeptical of Vista, don't you think?

Honestly, if there's one thing that's more annoying that "Vista whining", it's people who try to defend Vista by pretending we live in 2001. I don't know about you, but I think an OS that's on par with what we had in 2001 is unacceptable in 2008. And if we want to talk about something still more annoying than *that*, it's that apparently we just can't leave it alone.... People can't make a thread about Vista SP1, without people who just feel this desperate urge to proclaim about how everyone who actually think a service pack is necessary are "whiners".

 

to be honest....I believe you are living back in 2001 with XP...sorry to say but that OS is outdated...vista is the latest and people are being very hesistant to change.... If you want to be a fan of computers, you will have to change your habits.....that is the computer world for you...things always change...and if you can't stick with the change..you're in the dust

XP has had a long time to mature and msft has had 7years to fix the bugs..and that has been done....now there's a new OS with newborn bugs..and they will eventually work those out too..just give it some time

that whole mumble jumble about "If, by your own words, Vista is like XP was 7 years ago, that means Vista is 7 years behind XP today."--does this make sense to anyone else?

 

I believe that Vista is far much more better than when XP came out. When XP came out it was all buggy, like tons of programs didn't work, Microsoft issued tons of security patches and so on...Vista on the other hand works, there are drivers and programs do work on it.

 

Same here.

 

It's inevitable that a piece of software as large as an OS will need some sort of major update or fix. Internal testing just will not find everything, nor will a 15,000 (or however many) person beta program find bugs caused by real-world everyday use.

An OS is such a large undertaking, it's hard to find every bug or every flaw. Give it time, Vista will reach its potential, as XP did.

And about Vista being on Par with XP back in 2001...I find that statement to be insane. Vista RTM is a VAST improvement over XP RTM. There's just NO contest between the two.

 

How big can expect the file to be? How long will it take to install?
Sorry for asking these n00b questions but I've never installed an SP before. My previous OS was Windows ME.

 

If this will be released then it will be build 18000, which can be installed even now. Hmm...it's quite big actually. It will need a few GB to install.

 

Good news. Hopefully it'll make Vista a little bit smoother.

 

I hope i'm in wave 0. I really want to see what performance enhancements it proves. More proof?

 

I'm hoping it'll be Monday too, just so that my school will consider releasing Vista for free! They've been waiting for SP1 since they decided it's too buggy in its current state, and they don't want to be flooded by support request.

 

Finally!
Hopefully, this will solve all those dell bluetooth driver problems. :/

 

I heard too many different guesses about the date of final release,
1.february 4th,
2.february 15th,
3.february 27th,
4. March 10th,
5.by end of March......

 

5 is correct though .

 

100% sure #5 is true,
but,
of course everyone here wants to know the exact date

 

Simply we all know this:
Microsoft will release the SP1 for Vista.

 

I never said that
I meant that XP was riddled with the same or more amount of bugs in its first year of release....just as vista

 

Thanks for the additional backup Calvin...this time from a much more reliable source!

 

Good Good... but i am feeling to make Vista as successful as XP it ll need atleast 3 SP's

 

Will there be problems with the install if you have a bunch of processes disabled?

 

If everyone here will take a look at how many bugs and security issues XP has had since RTM you will probably say: "No ****ing way!".

 

I will believe it when I see it on my laptop

 

It's 4th of February. No go!

 

you're a day behind...and if you're in another country...msft uses US's time schedule

 

A day behind?

 

Yes, but they had a year to work on XP before it came out.
It took 6 years for Vista.

 

Not quite. XP was purely based on 2000 and had nothing to do with starting it from scratch and there's little to no difference compared to 2000 (in terms of functionality).