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An online hardware review website has come out with news from a
“confidential source” that Windows Vista SP2 is due to go RTM in April
2009, with the “Release to Web” (RTW) still "to be advised".
Hardware review website TechArp.com has broken the news that Windows Vista SP2 will arrive in April 2009.
We already knew from Microsoft’s Windows Vista Team Blog that the Vista SP2 beta arrived on October 29, 2008, and promises the following updates:
- Windows Vista SP2 adds Windows Search 4.0 for faster and improved relevancy in searches.
- Windows Vista SP2 contains the Bluetooth 2.1 Feature Pack supporting the most recent specification for Bluetooth Technology.
- Ability to record data on to Blu-Ray media natively in Windows Vista.
- Adds Windows Connect Now (WCN) to simplify Wi-Fi Configuration.
- Windows Vista SP2 enables the exFAT file system to support UTC timestamps, which allows correct file synchronization across time zones.
But now we know from TechArp’s “confidential source” that the SP2 Release Candidate is due to arrive in February 2009, the RTM (release to manufacturing) due in April 2009, and the RTW (release to web) due at a time that is still “to be advised”.
TechArp says that “Microsoft is doing their best to rush out Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista so there will be additional incentive for folks to upgrade to Window Vista now, instead of waiting for Windows 7. So the latest schedule should come as no surprise.”
It then says that: “A confidential source has revealed that Microsoft will deliver a Release Candidate in February, 2009 with the final SP2 binary scheduled for RTM (Release To Manufacturing) in April, 2009.”
TechArp then reminds us that the RTM doesn’t mean that end users will be able to immediately download the update, but that it will occur “sometime later”, although in theory it shouldn’t be too long after the April RTM date that it arrives.
Given that Windows 7 is unofficially being slated to arrive in June or July 2009, will XP users who are already waiting are unlikely to rush out to buy Windows Vista just because the second service pack will arrive in Q2, 2009.
That said, there will undoubtedly be some XP users who will then decide to wait for the Windows 7 SP1 to arrive before making the move, ensuring Microsoft will certainly be busy providing the promised support for all those XP users up until 2014.
David Bass
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