Vista SP1 in Q3-4 '07

And SP1 for Windows 2000 and Windows XP wasn't announced very close to release of each respective product?

And that is from a source that is derided any other day of the week on these very forums!
 
It sound like MS will release SP1 for Vista by end of 2007 that quite too soon after Vista release on 30th Jan... there is possible that SP2 will come up in few years time
 
Well that was one of the least informative articles I've ever read. It is embarrasing how biased and one sided that article is. If you follow the link (or L'Inq as they put it :rolleyes: :D ) then there is a slightly better discussion of SP1 and Vista (still not very in-depth or particularly ground breaking).

Microsoft hasn't released details of exactly what changes will be wrought in Vista SP1, which has been assigned the codename 'Fiji' but some OS components which missed the RTM cut-off will almost certainly be rolled into the update.
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Shock horror!! No-one buy Vista on release - it doesn't even have every feature in yet!!! OMG!

And now the quote that the Inq jumped on:

However, the Redmond clarion call declares that "regressions from Windows Vista and Windows XP, security, deployment blockers and other high impact issues as are the primary focus for the Service Pack."

So, yes, the still not-yet-released Vista has "high impact issues".
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Well apart from it not being a proper sentence... all I read into that is that MS will will have a focus on improving/maintaining security. More shock!! A company that is working on a service pack that will give consideration to improving security. Someone deserves a medal for comming up with something so revolutionary!

There is nothing in the article that suggests Vista WILL be "in-secure" on release, just that any future service packs will focus on security and any other "high impact" issues that MAY arise.

If Vista SP1 scrapes in by December 2007 it will have been 11 months since the OS itself debuted -- the same length of time it took for Windows XP to get its first service pack. However, Microsoft is almost certainly aiming for a much earlier arrival, perhaps to overcome the reluctance among consumers and businesses alike to plunge headfirst into Vista. This is most often espoused in the conventional Windows wisdom which suggests waiting until Service Pack 1 ships.
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So Vista's SP1 will be out about the same time as XP's, but if it's earlier then it might be a MS marketting ploy to get the "not before SP1 crew" to come on board as soon as possible.

As always the Inq produces some quality journalism - NOT!
 
The only interesting tid bit from all this is that "Fiji" is going to be a service pack. At one stage Microsoft was coining it as being a whole new release. Kind of like, Windows 98 Special Edition.

So that automatically pushes back a ton of functionality I was expecting to come with Fiji into Vienna - unfortunately :(

In other news: http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37138

Someone probably from this forum discovers that Vista drivers are less buggy than they were back in November and comes to the conclusion that Microsoft changed the RTM code :D Own up, who was it? :)
 
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Even if Vienna is launched in 2012? Windows 98 was supported for eight years, this would mean XP was supported for 11.
 
Windows XP has been the mainstream desktop OS for 6 years. No other Microsoft OS has had that kind of shelf life. I expect once Vista roll out is well under way and/or XP SP3 is getting close to release they will announce an extension of its mainstream support phase.
 
I must say that six years after release XP is still going strong. Imagine using Windows 95 six years after its introduction? I think it shows how little has actually changed in home computer use since the launch of XP. 95 simply wouldn't be able to handle most of the new uses we have for a computer 6 years after its release. XP has ben expanded in its service packs to support security, wireless and other new technologies as they became available.
 
Dureth said:
XP has ben expanded in its service packs to support security, wireless and other new technologies as they became available.
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Exactly. Just goes to show how durable and flexible Windows NT really is. Most other OSes (OSX, Linux et all) are forced to ship such upgrades as a whole new release because of their non-pluggable architecture.
 
NathanE said:
Windows XP has been the mainstream desktop OS for 6 years. No other Microsoft OS has had that kind of shelf life. I expect once Vista roll out is well under way and/or XP SP3 is getting close to release they will announce an extension of its mainstream support phase.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=214

XP will have support till 2014.
 
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Jimi said:
Anyone else get a memory stick with their pre order of Vista? I didn't. :confused:
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No, there's been a topic about this already. It was a mistake on the part of whoever submitted that info to the Inquirer. No free memory sticks.
 
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