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In the Mac world updates to the operating system sometimes seem to come fast and furious, but unless it's a major upgrade, like from Tiger to Leopard (10.4 to 10.5) they are always free. In the windows world you pay for them. For example XP to Vista is similar to the Tiger - Leopard example and you expect to pay. Now tell me the difference between upgrading from 10.5.2 to 10.5.3 in the Mac world, a free upgrade and Vista to Vista with SP1. Is not the whole raison d'etre of SP1 to fix the mistakes of Vista, as are those free upgrades in the Mac world. What a great cash cow Microsoft has going for it. Deliver a flawed operating system, charge a lot of money for it, then charge a gang of money to fix some, but not all of the flaws. That said, the SP1 upgrade does seem a bit faster and they say it's more secure and I guess I'll believe them. Would I upgrade to SP1 from Vista if I were you. It depends. I'm not a power user, so I didn't see all that much difference, so if you're like me and everything is ticking along fine, then I suppose I'd leave well enough alone. But if you're someone who is concerned about all those hundreds of little problems they say plague Vista, then you might want to upgrade. Do I sleep better knowing those problems aren't lurking in my computer waiting to strike when I least expect it. Not really, because if I was that kind of person, then I'd probably lie awake nights, hoping, waiting, praying for SP2. Come on Microsoft, these upgrades should be free. I know, I know, I shouldn't be complaining, because I got a free review copy of SP1 and because I haven't really had a bad Vista experience, so I guess I'll shut up now and just say, in my opinion if you're still running XP, then I'd upgrade, but if you're running Vista, I think I'd wait till SP2, or 3 or 4. Still, upset as I am about Microsoft's business practice of charging for these upgrades, mine was flawless, everything still works (I did a clean install, after backing up) and the performance does seem better, so five stars from me for the upgrade. Comments (3) | Permalink | function showYesNoCommunityResponse(uId,result,value) { var msgLayer = getElement("thanks" + uId); if ( result == "SUCCESS" ) { msgLayer.innerHTML = "Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided to other Amazon.com readers and reviewers. Your vote will be counted and will appear on the product page within 24 hours."; } else { showVoteErrorResponse(msgLayer,result,value); } } (Report this)