There has been much hype about the first service pack from Microsoft for Windows Vista. During the release of Vista, as much of you know, people have been extremely disappointed with it and have been downgrading to XP as they see it as a more reliable, faster, and more secure operating system. Now the same goes with Leopard as many aren't that happy with it, with flaws related to security and features. The main difference is Apple released fixes fairly quickly and in large numbers while Microsoft has failed to do much. I myself see the ups and downs of Vista and I can't wait for the new service pack which is as we speak on testers computers. They have just released an update to its first release to beta testers. This all means that the final version of Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 is close to its release. There is an official release date now announced for February 27, 2008 behind the speculated release date of February 15. They are planning a launch event on that day and so it seems obvious that both Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008 will be released if not on that date, then very close to it. If SP1 tanks, then Vista will for sure tank as many corporations wait till the first service pack so they can make sure the operating system is in good working order.