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Windows 7 SP1 will be brought forward
THE RUMOUR MILL claims that Microsoft has abandoned its plans to wait nearly two years after Windows 7's launch to issue the first service pack for its latest operating system.
TechARP.com, a Malaysian website that somehow has managed to guess service pack schedules for both Windows XP and Vista, said the Vole has changed its mind.
Originally Microsoft wanted a 22-month development schedule for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1). But the company has since changed its mind, reportedly to address an unknown number of "serious" performance bugs.
Now it seems that SP1 will come out in the fourth quarter of this year, which is apparently the earliest the Vole can manage it.
If it follows this timetable then it will fit with the same program that Microsoft used in the past for Windows XP and Windows Vista. It issued Windows XP SP1 10 months after the initial release in October 2001, and delivered Windows Vista SP1 about a year after its January 2007 retail launch.
But the Vole likely isn't happy that word is out that it is planning to release Windows 7 SP1 late this year. Although Microsoft has claimed that Windows 7 is selling well, businesses and home users might decide to hold off buying it now and wait until after SP1 is released. µ
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Nobody, except maybe server users, waits with buying Windows and there is no point. Stop beeing stupid.
ALDERS' REMEMBER sp1 FROM xp. Reason Anyone From Decade Ago Remembers Was Scale of How BAD is It. Forget DSL, Cost Prohibitive & Impossible for XP, at that time. Microsoft had Evil Sneer in olden days.
People had to BUY XP Service Pack from Microsoft. About another $10, Computer, Pentium 1,II,III or t-Bird, Barton Core Just about to hit with 10 milion trannies, Whoopy.
Over Decades Microsoft has come to fear own marketing & public has developed keen awareness of getting even, in Eurpope. So Bring on SP, Just Remember, ig Vole had it Their Way, Customer have to BUY Whole New O/S.
Bettter NOW, Unbeliveably BAD For Decades.
Something MS could do that would be very convenient for us Windows Users, would be to put out cumulative rollouts every year, or even 6 months. It could really make the job of installing Windows fresh a lot less time consuming and less trouble. Just a thought...
MS knows most companies are waiting for W7 SP1 before even considering a rollout. Even though they show record profits and installs, we know it's an OEM licensing numbers game just like when VIsta was released. The real success will be in the corporate environment. If SP1 is rushed-out then IT folk should give it a good shakedown before committing to confirm it's a good update.