Windows Vista SP1 - Not Long Now . . . But There's Always a Gotcha'

All the details about what's in Windows Vista SP1 can be found here. The list and descriptions are quite impressive. However, several reports have been published online which specifically state that immediately after installation of the SP1 beta, your PC is likely to feel slower. The reports, apparently from writers and bloggers who don't investigate deeply, are misleading. Here's the explanation from the the SP1 technical pages:

"The Windows Vista SP1 install process clears the user-specific data that is used by Windows to optimize performance, which may make the system feel less responsive immediately after install. As the customer uses their SP1 PC, the system will be retrained over the course of a few hours or days and will return to the previous level of responsiveness."

Of course, Microsoft, we kind of hoped that Vista responsiveness would actually be better than before. But we'll take the overall improvements however we can get 'em. Why the programmers at Microsoft thought it was a good idea to clear user-specific data during the SP1 installation can likely only be answered with some sort of polysyllabic technical explanation, none of which would alter the SP1 installation we're going to be stuck with. We've waited so long for Vista SP1 to appear and remedy the mountain of Vista problems that Microsoft should have been humiliated about allowing to see the light of day in the first place that an extra day or two of patience after installing SP1 is almost inconsequential.

Due to Windows Vista problems, many valuable days of mine have been lost to troubleshooting. I'm so angry at this point that, just for the hell of it, I'm going to send Microsoft a bill for my time.