XP SP2 to ship late July or early August
WinNetMag | at | by Mike
Paul Thurrott got a word from Microsoft official on the timing of XP SP2 release date...
A Microsoft representative contacted me yesterday to confirm that the final release of XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), the long-awaited XP security upgrade, will likely ship in late July or early August. Furthermore, Tablet PC users who are interested in getting the next version of XP Tablet PC Edition should download the current XP SP2 Release Candidate 2 (RC2) build because the release includes the final shipping version of XP Tablet PC Edition 2005. XP SP2 also includes several other product updates, such as XP Media Center Edition (XP MCE) 2004 (for existing XP MCE users only), Windows Update 5, Windows Media Player (WMP) Series, and DirectX 9.0c. To learn more about XP SP2, see my review on the SuperSite for Windows.