Windows 7 SP1 Public Beta Released

derekimo · 12 Jul 2010

HQuest said:

derekimo said:

marsmimar said:

Any guesstimates on how many MB this service pack will be? Or when it will come out of Beta and be released as a regular Windows Update? I can't remember that far back to XP and the release dates for SP1. All I remember is how large SP2 was. Old age is rapidly affecting my one remaining brain cell. :)

45-526 mb.

Before I read your size confirmation post, I assumed each patch weighting about 1Mb. As there are 472, according to the XLS list on Microsoft site, hey, my personal guesstimate of 472Mb was in a good range :)

It actually only ended up being 50.5 mb on mine. :)

blackroseMD1 · 12 Jul 2010

derekimo said:

HQuest said:

derekimo said:

45-526 mb.

Before I read your size confirmation post, I assumed each patch weighting about 1Mb. As there are 472, according to the XLS list on Microsoft site, hey, my personal guesstimate of 472Mb was in a good range :)

It actually only ended up being 50.5 mb on mine. :)

Yep, same here...

24c · 12 Jul 2010

derekimo said:

It actually only ended up being 50.5 mb on mine. :)

Same here - thanks for info.

noobvious · 12 Jul 2010

I'm going to wait. :)

migrained · 12 Jul 2010

Any idea what the SP is for? Any known bugs?

DeepUnknown · 13 Jul 2010

Win7User512 said:

IDK about anyone else, but I'm more than a bit disappointed in the fact that no new features are being introduced.

Something new for audio/video editing? DVD authoring? I mean, come on. Movie Maker is worse than in Vista and DVD Maker is so shallow.

you have a good point, Microsoft should think of that, even the new movie maker that is installed with aint that much an eye catcher! hope they do extreme make overs in the next windows.

Bare Foot Kid · 13 Jul 2010

DeepUnknown said:

Win7User512 said:

IDK about anyone else, but I'm more than a bit disappointed in the fact that no new features are being introduced.

Something new for audio/video editing? DVD authoring? I mean, come on. Movie Maker is worse than in Vista and DVD Maker is so shallow.

you have a good point, Microsoft should think of that, even the new movie maker that is installed with aint that much an eye catcher! hope they do extreme make overs in the next windows.

I'd bet the farm that they will, I'll remind you later that you said that.

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DeepUnknown · 13 Jul 2010

If it contains all updates why would they be releasing it? in the end it will be the same size the updates are, so instead of saying: OMG I have 100 update that are 500MB, people will say instead: It's a good thing only one update cuz it's a huge one 500MB!!!
correct me if i'm wrong :)

severedsolo · 13 Jul 2010

DeepUnknown said:

If it contains all updates why would they be releasing it? in the end it will be the same size the updates are, so instead of saying: OMG I have 100 update that are 500MB, people will say instead: It's a good thing only one update cuz it's a huge one 500MB!!!
correct me if i'm wrong :)

Think of it this way. What happens if God forbid, in 6 months time your windows goes completely under, and you have to reinstall? Well if you have SP1 Slipstreamed into your Windows disk, or SP1 saved somewhere, you don't need to download it, or any of the updates up to SP1, you can just install it, and your good to go.

Win7User512 · 13 Jul 2010

severedsolo said:

DeepUnknown said:

If it contains all updates why would they be releasing it? in the end it will be the same size the updates are, so instead of saying: OMG I have 100 update that are 500MB, people will say instead: It's a good thing only one update cuz it's a huge one 500MB!!!
correct me if i'm wrong :)

Think of it this way. What happens if God forbid, in 6 months time your windows goes completely under, and you have to reinstall? Well if you have SP1 Slipstreamed into your Windows disk, or SP1 saved somewhere, you don't need to download it, or any of the updates up to SP1, you can just install it, and your good to go.

Even if it's not slipstreamed, it would be beneficial to have all them rolled up into one.

My gripe has long been the fact that no new features for the average user are included.