If you use the same computer at home and for your daily work, Windows Vista Ultimate can support both your worlds. You can smoothly shift between the things you want to do and the things you need to do. For fun, you'll be able to enjoy music, images, live and recorded TV, and online entertainment.
For work, you'll find improved document sharing and networking support. If your PC is a laptop, you'll be able to manage and extend your battery life. And you'll get advanced, layered security protection. Features. Stay safe. Protect your PC and information with Windows Defender and Firewall. Find what you need with Instant Search and Internet Explorer 7.
Simple networking connectivity. Stay connected with the Network and Sharing Center. The Windows Aero desktop experience includes glass-like menu bars, Windows Flip 3D, and Live Thumbnails. Choose from a variety of laptops.
Tcsenter wrote:Microsoft also made SP1 available to OEM System Builders, and probably other registered Microsoft Partners. Though, I've been trying to download it all day and keep getting snubbed due to server overload, so I'm not sure if 'made available' is the right expression. They made the download link available, good luck getting a spot in the queue.The OEM System Builder (Microsoft Partner) site was updated today and now says that SP1 will be available as a download for registered system builders no later than February 22nd. It sound to me like they're still changing things in the RTM SP1 version for system builders.otherwise, it should have been available last week for system builder download. Oh man, you're right. Dangle the prize in your face then take it away! Microsoft is a worse tease than some girls I've known.
Lol!Although, I've always suspected that Microsoft did not have every delivery vector for SP1 finished and was still finalizing work on the updater versions it will push through WU and the stand-alone updater. I don't know why so many people have assumed that 'released to manufacturing' automatically meant 'come and get it!' For everyone. Vista itself was released to manufacturing two months before the public, and eight days before technical/developer audiences.It is often the case that Microsoft releases the fully integrated installation image to manufacturing anywhere from several days to several weeks before the updater versions are finished, for obvious reasons. Yeah, as a small system builder, I've got a lot of enquiries about when folks can buy a new system with Vista SP1, as they want to wait, similar to the wait for XP SP1 before people were willing to upgrade from 98/2000/ME. Looks like I'll be finally able to integrate RTM SP1 in new builds starting next week, using the OPK. Probably will still be a month or longer before I can get integrated OEM Vista installation DVDs from distributors.
At least I'll be able to pre-install SP1, and include the standalone update executable on their separate Drivers and Programs disc that we ship along with systems. I do, however, seem to be selling a lot of systems recently with a dual-boot XP/Vista configuration.As I mainly sell systems with mainstream/enthusiast Intel chipsets and Core™2 Duo/Quad/Extreme processors, I haven't really seems any issues with drivers for components with SP1 RC2, although I do see some Internet Explorer 7 'glitches' occasionally whereby the browser window can freeze at times and Internat Explorer has to be shut down and restarted. This is with clean installations including WHQL Vista drivers and no software pre-installed.mainly using the latest WHQL Realtek 8168/8111B series integrated LAN drivers.
I hope to see a fix for this with the official SP1 download from Microsoft next week.