Vista SP1 Leaked To BitTorrents

Somehow, Windows Vista SP1 has made it to bittorrents everywhere, like the PirateBay, uTorrent, and other torrent trackers. And it's not just the SP1 upgrade that's set to be released next month, this appears to be a complete Vista install. Which means that anyone brave enough to take this on, better back up their system before they try it.

Or you can just wait until next month when it's a free upgrade with your system.

[PC World via Gizmodo]

Vista RC1 To Come Sooner Than Expected!

Well, as someone who "wants to believe" that Vista can be a great product, I am excited to hear that any of us can get a release candidate the 2nd week of December. The other good new from ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley is that we aren't going to have to wait till mid 2008 for SP1; it's coming out early 1st quarter 2008. Well at least that's where Microsoft is aiming. Check it out.

Windows Vista Service Pack 1: Coming Soon

Microsoft has officially announced Windows Vista Service Pack 1, which was a mystery to no one. The beta has been announced and once the beta is complete, the Service Pack will be released in the “coming weeks”. The Pack will address reliability issues and hardware support. It will also have more IT admin improvements, and enhanced functionality so people will bitch about it a little less that normal.

To see the whole list of stuff, check out the links below via [Crunchgear]

Announcing Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta [Windows Vista Blog]
Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta White Paper (All updates listed) [Windows Vista Blog]