Jonzjob Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 I have just had the upgrade request for service pack 1 on my Vista laptop. Does anyone know if it is OK to install this or is it the proverbial 'jar of worms'?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Before you do it I would advise you to research 2 topics:1. 'What's in Vista SP1' as in - do you really need it ?2. 'Vista SP1 problems' as in - could you cope with the worst case scenario ?If the answer to either is NO then your question is rhetorical [geek][:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted August 2, 2008 Author Share Posted August 2, 2008 Thank you Earnie. I will do the research you have outlined. If it's the same crip as the 1st on XP I will definately wait!I think I will be looking at a Mac when it comes to our next replacement?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 I did mine ages ago (21/03) without any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert the InfoGipsy Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 In my humble opinion the best service pack for Vista is an XP install disk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Deffo ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John L Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 [quote user="Jonzjob"]I have just had the upgrade request for service pack 1 on my Vista laptop. Does anyone know if it is OK to install this or is it the proverbial 'jar of worms'??[/quote]JohnVista SP1 is fine. I have now installed it on two of my machines. One is an older ASUS AZN8X-X PC with 500Mb RAM and the other is an ADVENT 7113 laptop with 2gb RAM. I think that MS have taken notice of all the slagging and I have every confidence in their newer offerings. Performance is good on both my machines.EDIT: I thought I'd add that I'm running a couple of legacy progs. One is Intuit Quicken 2000. This runs fine on both machines.Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 I'm genuinely pleased for those for whom it's gone well but with only 2 reporting it hardly represents a comprehensive cross section of Vista users [;-)]I've just spent a few minutes glossing over THIS MS page which lists the changes in SP1 and whilst I don't profess to thoroughly understand more than a handful or so nothing leaps out as crucial or of a 'must have' nature so if I were a regular Vista user I think I'd decline the opportunity on the trusted 'if it ain't broke - don't fix it' basis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob T Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 [quote user="Jonzjob"]I think I will be looking at a Mac when it comes to our next replacement??[/quote]Why bother? You can install Linux on the machine you have now rather than buying an overpriced Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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