A new beta preview of Windows Vista Service Pack 2 is now available for testing. Vista has proved something of a disaster for Microsoft, but the company is slowly fixing many of the issues that users have reported.
Service Pack 1 was unquestionably a step up from the initial release and, judging by the features set to land in SP2, the Vista experience is, if not exactly a "wow," at least looking up.
While SP 2 won't arrive in final form until April 2009 (possibly later, Microsoft hasn't confirmed a date yet, preferring to wait on feedback from the new beta), the beta release offers a glimpse of what's to come.
Among the improvements are a less resource-hogging Sidebar, a better wifi connection dialog, Blu-Ray support, better third-party hardware support and more.
One thing to note if you're thinking of trying the beta — upgrading to the final release will require uninstalling the beta. Also note that, in an effort to reduce download sizes, SP1 must be installed before you upgrade to SP2 beta (that will also be true for the final release version of SP2).
Monday, January 5, 2009
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