Vista SP1
Believe me, it will take an hour. Once I downloaded Vista SP1, I clicked on the install and left for the day. When I got back to the office the next day, my computer looked the same as I had left, with the exception of the install screen for SP1. I wanted to make sure that SP1 installed, so I right-clicked Computer and chose Properties. This is what I saw on the screen.
One of the issues I had been experiencing was slow file copying to and from network drives. A lot of times, I just copied large files to a flash drive and then moved it to the server on my MacBook. Moving large directories was a nightmare. The first thing I did after I verified I was running Sp1 was to move some files to the server. Below is the result.
Before SP1, this would have taken about a half hour. I believe it was actually less than five minutes to transfer the files.
So far, the system has been stable and I have not experienced any issues (knocking on wood).
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[...] technology coordinator for the Logan Elm School District in Ohio, wrote in his blog about the slow Vista SP1 download process he endured. He warned that the process will take longer than anyone would [...]
I’m embarrassed to admit that I have not tried Vista at all, even on someone else’s PC. This past Saturday I helped my brother purchase a new laptop, and of course it has Vista on it. To be honest, I’ve heard so much bad vibes on the OS, I’m not anxious at all to run it. I hope you post some overall impressions of SP1 after you’ve used it for awhile.