As you all know that Microsoft releases their best of the best OS. But when I got windows vista, I felt what I have bought. Windows Vista is making slow progress and cramps about the new OS are not hard to find. I’ve been using windows vista for the last 2 months and want to say, the more I get to know Vista, the less I like it. I’ve been facing a problem which is slow to start and slow to stop. Even I’m using 1GB RAM support, but though it is a challenge to Microsoft newest releases. One more thing I’m continuously facing is a driver problem. Even if you are using Windows XP, you never have had a driver problem for sound cards, modem, etc. as it reveals builtin features. But Windows Vista do have such hardware configuration problems. I’m not saying that it’s a developing fault but it is directly a Microsoft problem. Many of you suffering through the same problems and many are excited to use Windows Vista, but I wish I’d opted for XP.

XP itself was subject to similar scrutiny and criticism when it was released, but now has a lot of fans. It is an axiom in IT that you shouldn't buy a new operating system (correction: a new Microsoft operating system) until after the release of the first service pack. Vista Service Pack 1 now looms.

On Microsoft's Windows Vista blog last week came official news of SP1. Microsoft product manager Nick White first pointed out that the company no longer relies on service packs as the sole way of updating Windows. Windows Update makes sure this improvement process happens fairly constantly with two performance and improvement updates pushed out last week.
White then goes on to reassure Vista users that Microsoft is working with partners to ensure driver compatibility (yay!).

"In addition to updates we’ve previously released, SP1 will contain changes focused on addressing specific reliability and performance issues we’ve identified via customer feedback, supporting new types of hardware, and adding support for several emerging standards," White says. "SP1 also makes additional improvements to the IT administration experience. We didn’t design SP1 as a vehicle for releasing new features; however, some existing components do gain enhanced functionality in SP1."

All well and good, except the SP1 White is talking about is still an SP1 beta, due in the "next few weeks". SP1 itself is "targetted for release" in the first quarter of 2008.
Jon DeVaan, senior vice president of the Windows Core Operating System division at Microsoft, fleshes out the detail.
"I should start by saying that one thing people shouldn’t expect to see is new features, although some existing components and features will be enhanced," he says.

"For example, we’ve added support in BitLocker drive encryption for encrypting multiple volumes on the PC, and have improved printer management by simplifying printing to a local printer from within a Terminal Server session. Service packs typically are not vehicles for new features, and the same will be true with Windows Vista SP1."

DeVaan says SP1 will contain changes to address feedback from customers (also known as complaints). SP1 will address reliability and performance issues, such as copying files and shutdown time.

"It will support new types of hardware and emerging standards, like EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) and ExFat (a new file format that will be used in flash memory storage and consumer devices)," he says.

"It will also include some management, deployment, and support improvements, such as adding the ability to detect and correct common file sharing problems to network diagnostics."
Make no mistake, for many prospective buyers SP1 will be crunchtime. Loyal Microsoft customer organizations such as Kiwibank have said they are not ready for Vista because of hardware constraints (Computerworld August 20). Carter Holt, more worryingly, indicated last week it may skip Vista altogether because it can't see the benefits. And then there are worrying signs of Apple gaining major momentum in the laptop market.
Stumble It!
SP1 has to be good.