Gartner has recommended that customers can upgrade to Windows 7 without having to wait for Microsoft to release the first service pack for Windows 7 – SP1. Their estimates however suggest that Windows 7 SP1 will be released in mid-2010.
There’s no need to wait for Windows 7 SP1 before starting to plan and test Windows 7. Because Microsoft releases most fixes and updates regularly over Windows Update/Automatic Update, there’s no need to wait for SP1, which is basically a rollup of all these fixes.
Microsoft officials aren’t saying when they are planning to release SP1 for Windows 7, but Gartner is calculating it’ll be some time in mid-2010, according to their charts.
From: ZDNet.com
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