You know, I wonder what Vista SP2 is going to be like. I looked up some potential info on a possibility of a Service Pack 2 for Vista since Service Pack 1 has just come out. Interestingly, I didn't find any. But what I did find was sarcastic and reasonable comments in forums and articles. One I found interesting was on a site called "Tom Raftery's Social Media." The following quote is from Tom's site and wasn't edited in any way. "Vista is so buggy that I don’t think Microsoft will address all the problems in their first Service Pack release. Like Windows XP, Vista will not be reliable until SP2."

I did some research, which took me a few days to gather up, and what I found was true! See I was raised into an XP SP2, since it was installed in my first computer I got to own, so I really don't know if SP1 or just plain ol' XP had major or any user impacts. Every forum I found from the release of XP were negative, just like Vista. XP SP1 came out and most of everyone's complaints were fixed. XP SP2 came out then it was finite, perfect.

When XP came out, people were used to the Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, and Windows 2000 (I might have missed some). XP was a whole new look and feel. Once you get used to something you just don't want to change it. But what XP was compared to all the others before it was a 21st century feel, a new look.

And when Vista came out, it was the end of the world to XP users. They were comfy knowing little resource usage, fast speeds, and reliability. With Vista, its just heavy on those. It needs the juice to run the new graphics, the kernel core, and the rest of the operating system. What Microsoft failed to realize, people don't have the money or the resources to upgrade their PCs. That's why many people weren't happy with it. And those who bought a computer with Vista installed just didn't like the new feel, unless it was their first computer. To those Vista is an awesome system. What I think people should start realizing is that Vista is new and XP is old. Whether you like it or not, Vista will conquer. That is until Windows 7 comes out.

If you want to read Tom Raftery's page with the quote I used here you can click here: tomrafteryit.net

Personal thoughts:
I'd say, upgrade to your system for Vista and just give it a try. Either that or just buy a new computer that is compatible for it. Trust me, the longer you use it, the more you'll like it.

(Please share your thoughts, comment please.)

It's true. I'm late at posting this but if you haven't heard the news yet, Vista SP1 is here! I downloaded the standalone package from Softpedia.com but you can do it many ways. Some are safe and others are, well just risky. The safe methods are 1: From Microsoft directly, either from the manual update or "Microsoft Download Center." Or 2: A trusted side like "Softpedia.com."

The standalone package comes in a 434MB nifty package. It took me about an hour just to download and install it. Time will vary depending if you have high speed internet, which would be better for downloading the standalone, or if you have dial-up. If you have dial-up, there's one of three things you can do to get it. 1: Do a manual update (which would take a few hours to a few days to get it all), or 2: Wait for the automatic update for Vista SP1 which would take a while to get it. Or 3: Take your computer to a friends house, if they have high speed internet, and do the update there. If they really are good friends they'd let you.

Here are the two links that I know are safe and have Vista SP1 in a 5 language standalone package.

Microsoft's Download Center
Softpedia Windows Downloads

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