(image found on PCworld.com)Well folks its that time again.
Microsoft is finishing up its testing of its Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista. As history shows us that means the full release is not to far away. The beta release for this service pack was released in October of 2008 to the testing community followed by public beta download release in December of 2008. So judging by the timeline it looks like in a few weeks we could have a new major update out for Vista.
"Vista SP2 is largely about improving performance, and in addition to the contents of Vista SP1, the new update includes 691 hotfixes, significant performance improvements and a Service Pack clean up tool that will recover some hard disk space used by previous Vista updates.
However, Microsoft has included a few goodies that you’ll notice once SP2 is ready to go:
- Windows Search 4.0 with faster searching and more relevant results
- The ability to record onto Blu-Ray Media through Vista instead of a third-party application
- Bluetooth 2.1 Feature pack to support emerging Bluetooth technology
- Simplified Wi-Fi configuration tool
- Improved file synchronization across time zones
- Support for new 64-bit CPUs from VIA technologies
- Improved performance for Wi-Fi connections after your computer comes out of sleep mode
- Improvements to DirectX multimedia with an improved graphics experience for gamers
- Better streaming capabilities for high-def audio and video
- Improved content protection for TV programs recorded with Windows Media Center
Its nice to see them addressing some issues like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and 64-bit machines. Especially, since these features are some of the big things in todays computer world. I keep noticing more and more new machines coming out now running a 64-bit OS. Whether its using an AMD or intel processor, the OS's are coming with 64-bit installed.
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