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a while ago, i posted about the RTM of Vista SP1 but this time, you can download it.

it should be on windows update any time but if you don’t want to wait, here are the standalone installers:

x64: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=874a414b-32b2-41cc-bd8b-d71eda5ec07c&DisplayLang=en – 725MB

x86: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b0c7136d-5ebb-413b-89c9-cb3d06d12674&DisplayLang=en – 340MB

the standalone installers are big, but you can burn them to a CD or DVD and use them on different computers with no download

the 32-bit standalone installer takes about 2 hours to download on a DSL connection and a about 1.5 days on dial-up (if you’re on dial-up, i’d wait until they release CD’s that you can order) the 64-bit standalone installer takes about 5 hours to download on a DSL connection and about 2.2 days on dial-up

windows update installer sizes:

x86: 66MB

x64: 125MB

that’s why you should use windows update and not the standalone installers