Looks like I was right in my earlier post - I’ll believe it when I see it.

Now, it seems that Microsoft is about to release the first SP1 beta for MS Windows Vista - in another week or two though (not when it was originally forecast - for sometime this week.)

However, that doesn’t mean you’ll be able to get your hands on it. As a matter of fact, unless you are part of the Microsoft Developer Network, or a Technet subcriber, you won’t be able to get your hands on it at all (unless someone leaks a copy).

You should probably wait anyway until MS Releases the full SP1, not a beta. As I mentioned before, I generally don’t like betas, esp. from MS. It’s just too painful trying to fix a broken Windows installation because I did something stupid - like install a beta, especially with Windows Vista. I already have to deal with a BSOD on the first boot after any security update. Why this happens, I have no idea, but when I shut down after the BSOD, and then reboot immediately, it boots right up - every time. So, I scratch my head on that, and figure one day I’ll get off my lazy butt and try to fix the stupid thing. I think I’m really just hoping everything holds together until the full SP1 comes out.

Which leads me to this:

When is the ACTUAL SP1 going to come out? According to the Windows Vista Team Blog, that should be sometime in the 1st quarter of 2008. Earlier predictions estimated sometime in November, but I don’t know if that was Microsoft’s prediction, or an outside source in this case, and I’m too lazy to research it ATM - so I can’t say here we go with another round of promises for delivery dates, with constant push backs to later dates by MS - though I am thinking it. Well, I’ll stop thinking it and wait patiently.

Now, if I don’t see SP1 by the middle of March 2008, then of course, I’ll say it. MS is at it again! Hopefully not though. All we can do, is wait and see… whee… As I said earlier though - I’ll believe it when I see it.

[tags]Blackwolf, Windows Vista, Beta, SP1[/tags]