Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Public Beta Coming Next Month [Windows7]

Windows 7's first major Service Pack is hitting public beta next month. Don't expect a ton of new features; it's a combo of existing updates that you already have, save for new Remote Desktop support. But if you haven't upgraded to 7 yet, you might as well wait until this SP is out and final before hopping on board. The public beta SP1 for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 will be available for download by the end of July'10, told by Microsoft in an announcement. They also mentioned about two great features in SP1 around
Dynamic Memory and Remote FX.

Service Pack 1 will be a disappointment for Windows 7 users as there would not be any addition of new features in it. On the other hand the Server 2008 clients will be luckier with new features like Dynamic memory with Hyper-V enabling the system to dynamically adjust the VM’s memory usage based on demand extending the capacity of virtual hosts. This feature will bring consistency in system performance and better manageability for Admins.

Enterprise customers will also have the chance to close the gap between physical and Virtual Desktops with RemoteFX in Windows Server 2008 R2. With RemoteFX, remote virtual desktops will support 3D content and even offer Windows Aero, via virtualized graphics resources and codecs, designed to offer the same experience as with hardware-assisted graphics acceleration. This will bring a local like experience for Windows Server 2008 Remote Desktop Services. Another excellent feature is that RemoteFX will be generic USB redirection.his will allow you to redirect virtually any USB device transparently over RDP, this provides several benefits: support for more devices than previously; support for USB devices with thin clients; no client drivers necessary; applications are transparent to redirected devices. Only one session can use USB device at a time

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[Windows Blog via Engadget & Softpedia]