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Vista Service Pack 1
Monday, October 1st, 2007
Our copy of the new Windows Vista Service Pack 1 beta–the x86 version–arrived today, and I’ve just started to put the long-anticipated update through its paces. The beta is version 0.275, as seen below.I tried the beta on four notebooks so far, and experienced varying installation times. According to Microsoft, typical load times for the final version should range from 30 to 60 minutes.
Microsoft also says that certain hardware configurations could increase the install time, and that the company is aware of and working on some bugs that could extend the install time to between 90 minutes and two hours. In one timed test, I found it took one hour and seven minutes (including three reboots) to upgrade an HP Compaq 8710p loaded with Windows Vista Business. The HP system was running a 2.2-GHz Core 2 Duo T7500 CPU, 2GB of RAM, and NVidia Quadro NVS 320M graphics. Today @ PC World Vista Service Pack 1: We’ve Got the Beta
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