Obviously Microsoft is already working away at the first Service Pack for Windows 7, but thats about all we know. Well now the Russian site wzor.net, which gave away lots of leaks leading up to the final release of Windows 7 has released time frame information about the release of the first Windows 7 service pack.
According to this rumor Windows 7 SP1 will have two betas and two release candidates. It’s also possible that developers will get the first beta as early as December 2009. The finally RTM version of SP1 is set to be released in summer 2010 and will be RTW ( Release To Web ) by autumn 2010. Now this is all according to Russian site wzor.net and nothing has been announced officially be Microsoft.
Arstechnica attempted to translate the original article by wzor using Google:
[quote[Since the end of September 2009, Microsoft has resumed intensive work on the first service pack for Windows 7, the assembly gathered, the work in full swing, we observe the processes taking place in a company and as soon as work on SP1 significantly advance to the “interesting stages, so we just try to give you know about this.
Now we will not “spook” the leadership and development team, leak test assemblies SP1 Beta 1.
To our knowledge the first Beta 1 version of SP1 for Windows 7 may appear at the end of December this year, just before the Christmas holidays, and after the new year, SP1 Beta 1 will be given to the TAP Testori.
The public phase of testing SP1 for Windows 7 will begin in early January 2010.
Total scheduled to launch two beta versions of SP1 for Windows 7 and two release candidates.
Output the final version of SP1 for Windows 7 is scheduled for the autumn of 2010, PC makers will get the updated distributions of Windows 7 with SP1 as always much earlier ie in the summer of 2010.[/quote]
According to this rumor, Microsoft will be releasing a SP1 much quicker than they did with Vista. Windows Vista SP1 had a 5 month Beta Program. It included a Beta, a Release Candidate Preview, a Release Candidate, a Release Candidate Refresh, and a Release Candidate Refresh 2 ( Which went on to be the final RTM ) Whats more Vista was released in November 2006 and the SP1 wasn’t available until March 2008.
If this rumor appears to be true then Windows 7 SP1 could be released in autumn 2010 which would only be a year after the RTM release of Windows 7. And as Arstechica rightly pointed out, delays are bound to occur, although they didn’t with the Windows 7 release.
When do you think the SP1 will be released? What would you like to see in it?
sources:arstechnica
