Windows 7 SP1 Beta Now Ready for Public Testing
Feeling like testing the Service Pack?
Windows 7 was the most widely beta tested operating system to date. Rather than breaking that trend, Microsoft is following the same route now with the beta versions of the first service pack.
Available today for those feeling adventurous in trying out unfinished software, Windows 7 SP1 is a collection of updates already available through Windows Update and additional hotfixes.
Also available today is the SP1 for Windows Server 2008 R2, but with the SP1 comes additional features and richness to the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI).
Grab the download here – but remember, this is unfinished software that should not be run on primary computers or machines with valuable data on them. The final release is scheduled for the first half of 2011.
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anyone actually tried this out yet, and if so, is it any good.
Last I read there were no significant chages, just basically streamlined updates.
You probably wouldn't notice the difference
Worth noting that SP1 is for both WIN 7 and 2008 R2. If you are running 2008 R2 with Hyper-v, you can now assign dynamic memory which is extremely useful and makes your resources go a lot further. Its a huge update at 1.2 gig. As for windows 7 I haven't really noticed anything obvious but I haven't done a lot of testing yet. Worth a look at though.