Big Update for Vista Leaves Little Changed For Mainstream Users | Walt Mossberg | Personal Technology | AllThingsD

Walt Mossberg on Vista SP1

However, based on my tests of Vista SP1, I believe that for most average consumers, it will likely be a nonevent, and for others it will be disappointing. Many of its benefits are aimed at corporations and power users, or are under-the-hood fixes that are hard to discern. For mainstream users, it adds no significant, visible features to Vista, and changes little or nothing about the way the operating system looks and works.

Also, SP1 doesn’t resolve some of the most annoying flaws in Vista, including slow start-ups and reboots, and a security system that nags you too much and requires add-on anti-virus software. I guess these problems will either never be fixed fully or will have to wait for SP2.

I suspect many of his concerns will not be fully addressed until "Windows 7"

Big Update for Vista Leaves Little Changed For Mainstream Users | Walt Mossberg | Personal Technology | AllThingsD