Report: Windows 7 SP1 Coming Summer/Fall 2010
It's like a summer blockbuster. Sorta.
Despite being officially on sale for less than two weeks, Windows 7's been done for months now. And those same Windows developers has been working on the next evolution of the OS. Yes, there will be a Windows 8, but before that there needs to be maintenance for all the current Windows users.
While Microsoft hasn't said anything yet about the first Service Pack for Windows 7, it's an inevitability. Russian site Wzor has information that points to the first beta of Windows 7 SP1 hitting around January 2010. Allegedly, the release schedule for SP1 will include two betas and two release candidates.
According to Neowin, Wzor believes that OEMs will have SP1 during the summer months and end users will be able to install it in the fall.
The first service pack for any Windows OS is significant as that's when many IT departments and some users choose to take the plunge. This blog on InformationWeek urges those who want a new Windows to consider jumping sooner rather than later. Would you agree?
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Totally agree. Its almost legend now, in fact I'm fairly sure there is an old charter or something that says you wait for the first SP before you move OS. I know i always have.
The fact that teh RC was out for so long means that if you are into PCs at all then you should have been running it and any issues you had are sorted by know. Kinda like tweaking and fault finding time was given for free. So no need to wait and see what it runs like you should know.
I hope MS continue doing this with the RC of new releases as i can see one hell of a backlash if they release W8 without the mass RC again.
this made news how?
Ofcourse they are working on SP1, what the do you think they would be doing?
Ofcourse they are working on the next version of windows. Did TH really think Microsoft just stopped coding?
NEWS FLASH: NEW OS FROM MICROSOFT SLATED FOR SOMETIME NEXT 5 YEARS.
straight from the mouth of a random aussie guy, much better then the random russian this article was based on.
The 'professionals' rule fo thumb to migrate to a new OS only after the first service pack has been a good one for many years but ...
Due to the age of Windows XP and the reliability issues (still) of Windows Vista, I have already 'taken the plunge' into Windows 7 and so far have no regrets. Early reports showed that, even at open beta stage, Windows 7 was more useable and stable than Vista. The choice of remaining on an antiquated OS or 'risking' Windows 7 was not a hard one and, has proven pleasing so far.
I wonder if MS wait a bit and then just throw any old patches out call it SP1 just so more business users are happy to jump on board.
Unless it's MS's new idea... release SPs as soon as possible... So new OEM PCs would get up to date while being on the shelf. Then again - is there any point in SPs anyway? You ought to get all the patches with Windows Update anyway... A bit pointless really... People who are awaiting SP1 - will withhold from buying "7" now... People who are waiting for "7" to just be a bit longer on the market... will say - wtf? SP1 already out??? This must be crap... So... I don't know... Tough subject...
We are very impressed with Win7 so far and are going to adopt a 2 phase rollout. I'm going to upgrade all VISTA PCs to Win7 by Feb2010 as this is a natural upgrade, small learning curve for our users already on vista and a big reduction in headaches for the IT Dept, and then once it's been proven in the field a bit more, and possibly after SP1, we will look at upgrading XP PCs by mid 2010. It doesn't mean I'm going to wait for SP1 though, the real test comes through putting it on users PCs and letting them run it day-in day-out, if it works as well as it has so far, then I won't be waiting for a service pack to push ahead. It's an old IT Managers myth that shouldn't exist in this forward thinking age !
Just like any saga, so does Win 7 get a SP. Even though Windows 7 is considered to be one of the best operational systems and getting better with every update and every service pack. I can still find it hard to believe that just one service pack could do miracles to such a well built OS. Though if something is good than make it better. Yet, it's too early for a SP. That is if we speak about XP and/or Vista's SP which came a bit later on, but did bring considerable improvements. However, jumping from one OS to the next is a bit too fast (maybe to gain an even significant role in the industry ... ). And still, we are all locking forward to it.
Networking XP/Win7 is a problem. There are some ugly file permission issues. It is broken so it should be fixed.