Windows 7 SP1 Beta Coming Soon

[captainnemojr]

Well I guess it's a good sign when SP1 is just a roll-up of updates and nothing to fix anything major.

 

[jstod14]

shouldnt it just be called a update rollup for 7 then? I know they are trying to bundle the service pack with the 2008 R2 to make it simpler but isnt 2008 R2 only 64bit? So it doesnt make sense to bundle them together since you will have to create 64bit and 32bit versions for 7. They should just call 7's an update rollup since thats all it is and 2008 R2 SP1 a separate download. My guess is that you guys are right about the SP1 just sounding better to Corporations waiting to upgrade.

 

[figgus]

[citation][nom]fatedtodie[/nom]how many people missed the part about XP downgrade rights going away? Regardless if it is a "waste of time" to bundle the updates it means they can finally let that POS of an OS XP DIE. DIE XP DIE!.I hate people that are stuck in the past, and it is even worse when it is tech related.[/citation]
Yeah, because all businesses will just miraculously upgrade from something that works just for "new" and "shiny", especially in this economic climate... Don't be daft.

 

[captaincharisma]

[citation][nom]nord_musician[/nom]totally useless[/citation]

apparently you don't know really what a service pack supposed to be

 

[kdashjl]

go win 7 go

 

[dark_lord69]

WOW, sign me up as a Beta SP tester! LOL
You couldn't pay me enough to do that.
These service packs are always a train wreak. They always seem to fix a few issues and cause a couple more.

 

[jacobdrj]

[citation][nom]mitch074[/nom]Personally, having tested them both side by side, I must admit I'm underwhelmed by Win7 compared with Vista SP2 - reminds me a lot of Xp vs. 2000.Now don't get me wrong: Vista RTM was pure horse dung (the installer alone is horrendous, in its "You want to delete partition 2? Let's trash partition 5 instead!" way).It's just that SP1 fixed many problems, and SP2 fixed even more - with all fixes and updates applied (the platform update and recent GPU drivers), Vista performs as smoothly as Win7, if not smoother. You can also revert it to XP-like themes and services running, which has a rather drastic effect on RAM use.On the other hand, Win7 feels like 'Vista SP2 + lipstick' - it's not BAD, and I recommend getting it if you need a Windows version, but those of you who got Vista (I went Linux when they started writing 'XP or better' on software boxes), don't feel so shafted and keep your money.The thing that makes me dislike Win7 is that, as said by several people in previous comments, advanced settings in Win7 are even better hidden than in Vista.[/citation]

A personal anecdote:
I had a client who had Vista pre-installed on her system. It was so messed up with factory software and viruses that I had to give it a complete dump. Started over from scratch using a Vista install DVD (best windows install disk concept, everything on a single disk, sans x64).
It took HOURS to go from Vista sans SP to SP2... And it was still slow, and glitchy. I think had I just told them to bite the bullet and get a nice fresh copy of W7, things would have turned out a lot better. Sure, I can slipstream it now... But is it worth the effort? Not so sure. I still wouldn't put Vista on a netbook, where I would absolutely put W7 on a netbook.

 

[killerb255]

[citation][nom]ChaosGS[/nom]Same with my windows Vista. Not 1 crash, and i keep it unpatched.[/citation]

Just out of curiosity...why do you keep it unpatched?