How long till VISTA needs a Service Pack?

I'm betting that by summer time, Vista will have a need for a service pack. And not just for drivers either!

They already announced a SP was in the works. The codename is Fiji.

This whole service pack crap is going to be standard practice for Microsoft operating systems forever. My opinion is that if you need service packs, you need a new operating system.

To be fair, Ubuntu and pretty much all distros release new point releases even if they are just a collection of updates.

Vista will need a service pack in about -3 months.

Fiji? thats pretty big...

It was announced two weeks ago the first service pack will be June-July, but we are talking microsoft time. Also there are update ready to go.

It has become a standard practice for Microsoft to release service packs sooner or later to be released after an OS is launched. Thought other OS do make changes in their OS but that is mostly like updates and tools released which are add-ons. I don't think other OS's release updates to correct their flaws in the already launched OS.

To be honest, they needed to release a service pack the moment they shipped.

There are still inconsistencies and minor annoyances that need fixing - I hope Microsoft can pull through and impress.

“impress” ? --- forget it.

ooooh, you're probably thinking down on MS' level.

I will probably get a copy of Vista when the first service pack releases. I am not sure if I will get it legally, or just download it, but I will be getting it soon.

I feel they may not be going to release Service Packs too soon. It will be very embarassing to do so. Most likely they will try to sort out the problems with the normal daily updates (without much fanfare) and later they will have a combined list of updates as a Service Pack

I don't think so. I think they'll get out a SP quickly because I think some people are waiting for the first service pack to come out to buy the OS.

At least, that's what Microsoft may think.