Waiting for the first Vista service pack before you upgrade? You might end up feeling like a [Samuel Beckett character][3] according to Microsoft. The company said today it has no plans to issue a major service pack for Vista because the new OS is "[high quality right out of the gate][1]." While Vista's security may be debateable given the [patch rushed out earlier this week][2], the main reason we probably won't see huge Vista service packes involves changes in the updating tools. Vista's bundled Windows Update software makes it easy for Microsoft to incrementally issue smaller fixes as the need arrises rather than big updates. The service pack upgrades probably won't disappear altogether, but the ability to push out smaller updates over time means we probably won't see the massive SP2-type upgrades of Windows XP. "Will we continue to have service packs? Yes we will," Michael Sievert, corporate VP for Windows marketing says. "But they have a different level of importance today as people get their updates in real-time using Windows Update." According to Australia's [iTnews][1], Sievert's remarks are from a transcript of a conference call he held Monday with financial analysts. Although Sievert did say smaller service packs would likely continue with Vista he refused to give a timeline which could mean they're a long way off. Have you been holding off for a service pack? Let us know what you think in the comments below. [1]: http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=49065 "Microsoft nixes 'Big Bang' service pack for Windows Vista" [2]: http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/microsoft_relea.html "Microsoft Releases Windows Security Patch" [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_for_Godot "Waiting for Godot"