ZDNet took a spin with Windows Vista SP1 build 6001.16659 and unless you’re a Vista power user then chances are you won’t notice much of a difference than the current build you have. There were, however, a few subtle changes worth noting for the Vista users out there.
Here are some of the changes:
* Disk Defragmenter now allows you to pick volumes to defragment
* Search option removed from the Start menu
Other points woth noting:
* The install process took about 40 minutes on my system
* The system rebooted 4 times
* So far, I’ve not come across any SP1 related issues
It’s hilarious how people are reporting on SP1. Just because it has taken so long and Microsoft didn’t reveal a lot of details, everybody was somehow expecting that it would either be really awesome or really bad, and now that neither has happened and it’s just a regular service pack with a lot of under-the-hood fixes and not a lot of actual changes everybody sounds somewhat disappointed.
Even more hilarious is how people are saying that after running Vista on SP1 for 5 HOURS it’s running stable without problems (take that, McLaws!). Just because you opened Word twice and browsed your favorite porn sites doesn’t mean you’ve actually tested it. To really test it you would actually have to know what was fixed, wouldn’t you.
Big fat yawn.
I am excited for the SP1 release. I’ve been using Vista for around 6 months now and at first it was tremendously painful, now it is only mildly so. I hope that SP1 will continue to improve this situation.