Report: MS moves up Windows 7 SP1 release date.

[JMH]

Even though Microsoft has dropped a plan to wait nearly two years after Windows 7's launch to issue a first service pack, it won't deliver the update before the fourth quarter of this year, a site that has accurately predicted past Windows timetables said today.

Microsoft would be smart to reconsider and delay a service pack as long as possible, one analyst countered.

TechARP.com, a Malaysian Web site that has nailed previous service pack schedules for both Windows XP and Vista, said unnamed sources had originally pegged a 22-month development schedule for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1). But Microsoft has since changed its mind, reportedly to address an unknown number of "serious" performance bugs.

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Report: Microsoft moves up Windows 7 SP1 release date

 

[Dragonfly]

'"serious" performance bugs'. ?? Like what, I wonder?

I agree with Michael Cherry - it's time to break folks of the habit of waiting for the first Service Pack before deploying. This could be FUD to try to slow down Win7 sales.