[Venkatesh]

I have been testing SP2 for quite some time, and I must say that it is a big improvement. First off, a very annoying bug involving the Wireless Zero Configuration service was finally fixed. Before that, I would need to take out my wireless card every 15 minutes or so, reinsert, and then reassociate with my network. Finally, that is done with.

The overall security improvements are laudable enough. A more secure OS is something we can all hope for, and its about time Microsoft made clients secure. They showed that they are fully capable of designing excellent, secure, and efficient software when they created IIS 6.0. I had used IIS 5.0, Apache 2.x, and Netscape Fasttrack server 2.0. IIS 6.0 was by far my favorite of the three. When MS is forced by competetion to create a good product, they are capable of doing so. With the Browser War v2.0 coming around (MSIE vs. Firefox), Microsoft needs to improve IE to stand a chance.

I will also note that the new Windows Update is far easier to use, leading me to think that most clients will be patched properly, which is always good also.