Vista Service Pack 1 and Windows Server 2008 RC released

Software giant Microsoft has now made available the release candidate versions of their upcoming Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows Server 2008.

Both of these are available for download from the company website.

Microsoft product manager and Windows Vista launch team member Nick White spoke on these new releases: “The release candidate phase of beta software is typically the final phase before the release-to-manufacturing of a product and indicates that the code has attained a significant level of performance and stability.”

Microsoft corporate vice president Michael Sievert added about their products: “While piracy rates are hard to measure precisely, we’re seeing indications from internal metrics, like WGA validation failures, that the Windows Vista piracy rate is less than half that of Windows XP today.”

Checkout: Vista Service Pack 1 | Windows Server 2008

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