Taking the plunge: Windows Vista Service Pack 1
19-Mar-2008Every patch on my X61 tablet seems to bring Vista closer to the nimble responsive OS I’d like on my quasi-mobile PC that isn’t a Mac. Today I noted on (Ars Technica) that Vista patch nirvana had arrived: SP1.
It’s not kidding either. It was 1 hour and 20 minutes later that it declared Windows Vista SP1 installed on my tablet. Thankfully no intervention is required during that time.
Now fingers crossed that not waiting for the Windows Update push in mid-April will spare me an NT 4.0 service-pack-like experience.
So far I can report an overwhelming sense of sameness. It’s quiet. Too quiet.
Update:…and it boots and comes out of sleep faster.
So a week later - what's the verdict?
Mr Rohan | 1-Apr-2008So a week later – what’s the verdict?
Subjectively: Faster out of sleep mode and faster to become
Chris | 1-Apr-2008Subjectively: Faster out of sleep mode and faster to become responsive after a boot. Otherwise, I can’t say I’ve noticed any other changes.
Vista seems to become imperceptibly more stable and responsive every patch (give or take a patch). With Vista SP1 I have nothing evil to report.