Windows Vista SP2 Hits Release to Manufacturing
We knew it was coming.
Microsoft announced on its Windows Team Blog that Windows Vista Service Pack 2 has hit the the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) milestone.
New PCs bundled with Windows Vista will soon be shipping with Service Pack 2 integrated.
Some of the key benefits of Windows Vista SP2 include:
- Windows Search 4.0 for faster and improved relevancy in searches
- Bluetooth 2.1 Feature Pack supporting the most recent specification for Bluetooth Technology
- Ability to record data on to Blu-Ray media natively in Windows Vista
- Adds Windows Connect Now (WCN) to simplify Wi-Fi Configuration
- Windows Vista SP2 enables the exFAT file system to support UTC timestamps, which allows correct file synchronization across time zones.
Windows Communications Manager Brandon LeBlanc had this to add:
“Business customers with Windows Vista will find that the transition from Windows Vista to Windows 7 will be significantly more straightforward due to the high degree of compatibility between Windows Vista and Windows 7. If your Windows Vista SP1 deployment is already underway we recommend you continue with SP1 as planned. Then you can deploy SP2 using your systems management infrastructure. If you are in the early stages of deployment or still planning Windows Vista deployment our best advice is that you plan on testing and deploying Windows Vista SP2.”
Microsoft hasn’t yet revealed a specific date of release for end users other than sometime during Q2.
Vista SP1 is already more secure, as reliable if the user isn't an idiot, and as fast or faster in most programs.
But that's not what anti-vista propaganda will tell you.
Nope, that was probably Office SP2. Vista SP2, as it says above, won't be out till sometime Q2.
/lame joke
Each Q = 3 months. Q2 = April / May / June. Expect Win7 in Q4 at the latest... like OCT so that the new PCs for Christmas won't be vista.
Then again, I'm in no rush since my system runs fine on SP1.
deltatux
Service packs are free. 7 will cost you another $100+. But your mentality is exactly what Microsoft is looking for. Someone willing to buy into the 2 year OS lifecycle.
Some of us have upgraded to Vista and are also running SP1. I will update to SP2 when it comes out. For those who are still running XP and have decided to skip Vista, then Judeh does make a point. May as well wait for Windows 7. I for one do not like to buy OS's every year because I can't afford it. I waited for SP1 before I upgraded to Vista after running XP for a few years. I suppose if I had known that MS was going to release a new OS so soon after, I would have waited also. I had some issues early on with older hardware as many did, but I've upgraded some of that hardware and Vista seems to be running very well. I was contemplating the upgrade to 7 but I'm going to wait and see how much it's going to cost before I decide to take the plunge.
It's almost the same thing. vi$hta SP2 is RTM, $even is RC1 - what a nice coincidence, isn't it?
The difference is, you just have to shell more $$$ out, for the $even craze.
The money? Why pay for a new OS when you have a perfectly good and working one? The fact that it isn't out yet? Of course, you probably meant that you can download a leaked RC version of 7 which is reserved for MSDN and Technet, but not everyone at Tom's is a pirate (unlike some might think).
why pirate? it's a free legal download from microsoft... technet or no technet