Windows 7 Service Pack 1 to be released February 22nd
I'm not sure anyone is gasping for a Service Pack for either Windows 7 or Windows 2008 Server R2, but regardless we're getting one on February 22nd (or February 16th for MSDN and volume license customers).
Today we officially handed off the final release (RTM) of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1) to our OEM partners. On February 16th Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 will be available for MSDN and TechNet Subscribers as well as Volume License customers. On February 22nd, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 will become generally available for folks to download via the Microsoft Download Center and available on Windows Update.
For Windows 7, SP1 will help keep your PCs well supported by delivering ongoing updates, many of which have been made previously available through Windows Update. It also includes client-side support for RemoteFX and Dynamic Memory which are two new virtualization features enabled in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.
You can find the full announcement at the Windows Team 'Blog.For Windows 7, SP1 will help keep your PCs well supported by delivering ongoing updates, many of which have been made previously available through Windows Update. It also includes client-side support for RemoteFX and Dynamic Memory which are two new virtualization features enabled in Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.
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Interview with Andrew Dodd - AMD Catalyst Software Product Manager
Now well and truly in the hot seat after taking over from Terry Makedon's role as the "front man" of AMD's Catalyst drivers, Hardware Heaven have taken the opportunity to speak to Catalyst Software Product Manager Andrew Dodd and quiz him on various aspects of the Catalyst programme.
A final question from our readers. "Matth" asks whether you feel that a commitment to monthly releases is still appropriate given the frequency of hotfixes in recent times. They also ask whether you still feel WHQL releases are important, given that the certification process can delay the release of drivers to the public.
Andrew: Monthly WHQL releases of AMD Catalyst are here to stay. We may have hotfix drivers released in between - (which are really targetted at the enthusiast community); but the monthly Microsoft certified Catalyst releases ensures that we're delevering a fully qualified software release which have also passed Microsoft's level of standards as well. Passing Microsoft's level of standard is an important benchmark in driver stability; not just from a gaming perspective but from an overall system/graphics perspective. Last year, an independent 3rd party conducted a number of driver stability runs using the Microsoft DCT WHQL test kit. The results (Testing under extreme conditions, AMD passed each of the rigorous tests 100% of the time) clearly demonstrate AMD's graphics stability leadership.
As far the monthly updates - I really think there is a lot of value in each release - we always deliver new features, new performance improvements, and driver fixes, and we want to make sure our customers have access to all of these benefits as quickly as possible.
Check out the full interview here.Andrew: Monthly WHQL releases of AMD Catalyst are here to stay. We may have hotfix drivers released in between - (which are really targetted at the enthusiast community); but the monthly Microsoft certified Catalyst releases ensures that we're delevering a fully qualified software release which have also passed Microsoft's level of standards as well. Passing Microsoft's level of standard is an important benchmark in driver stability; not just from a gaming perspective but from an overall system/graphics perspective. Last year, an independent 3rd party conducted a number of driver stability runs using the Microsoft DCT WHQL test kit. The results (Testing under extreme conditions, AMD passed each of the rigorous tests 100% of the time) clearly demonstrate AMD's graphics stability leadership.
As far the monthly updates - I really think there is a lot of value in each release - we always deliver new features, new performance improvements, and driver fixes, and we want to make sure our customers have access to all of these benefits as quickly as possible.
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