It has a kernel upgrade
(we get the server kernel lol)

Also has update which is currently available to update Vista 6000... tested by people, 56% reported improvement on file copying from HDD to HDD

So, simply put, does this make Vista stop sucking?

Well yes, if you think it sucks harder than *stops reference here* in the first place

Does it fix the ridiculous performance issues?

There's a separate patch to fix performance issues known as the Performance and Reliability update.

Yea, but part of M$ are giving that as a big thing in SP1

Does it work?

Aint tested myself, but I'll give it a shot later

LOL, I bet it lowers performance and reliability.

Hey Aaron, has Thurrott touched this yet?

Thurrott??

He put something here:

http://www.windowsitpro.com/Article/Art ... 96749.html

Hmm, interesting, it would be good to see exactly how much these improve Vista.

I've just installed SP1 Beta for Vista... and oh my god what an improvement.

Lots to do, just installed it. Aaron will know what I mean by this, the Control Panel and My Computer come up at XP speed now, not like Vista 6000 speed where it took about 15 seconds to bring all the icons together.

Hmm, interesting, what impact does it have on gaming?

I used to know what you mean, but my new system kind of eats Vista for breakfast, though tends to fill it up until about dinner time.

Wana try the 64-bit SP1 beta?

I'll pass. I've lost so much data recently; I'm staying away from big beta's.

Heh, good idea.

So how you lost your data?

Well, I think it was down to incompatible drivers for the SATA drives. I'm running a hardware RAID, but the SATA drivers clean things up in the OS.

Ah, that makes sense, lol.

Aaron try this... it might improve your Crysis framerate lol

He said he doesn't want to use a BETA for reliability issues.

where can u download vista sp1 it doesnt come up automatically on windows update

I think that's because it is a beta. You have to be a Microsoft beta tester to use it. Still, that's only a guess.