Digital Home Thoughts: Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) Available For Download

If you hit Windows Update today, you'll likely be presented with a big 343 MB download - that's SP2 for Windows Vista. I'm in the midst of installing it on one of my machines right now, but the download is taking a very long time...I suspect the Windows Update servers are saturated with people requesting this update. You can always grab the stand-alone installer if you wish (32-bit, 64-bit). In terms of what's new, well, not much of anything interesting - this Technet article has the full list, but nothing jumped out at me. Unlike SP1, which had major performance improvements, SP2 is more about the bug fixes and improving compatibility with third-party software. Honestly, the more I use Windows 7 the more I want to ditch Windows Vista. Not because there's anything wrong with Vista, but because Windows 7 is even better.