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Microsoft has just relased SP2 for Vista…way to late imho.
Some of the major spotlights of the release include:

Event logging support in SPC
Fixes for DRM issues from WMP upgrades
Windows Vista Feature Pack for Wireless
Functionality to reduce resources required for sidebar gadgets
Improved power settings for Windows Server 2008

After all, Hyper-V was not included in this Serice Pack.
So [...]

Today Microsoft has confirmed the System requirements for the upcoming version of Windows (7), which is to be released later on this year. An RC build has just been made available to MSDN and Technet Subscribers.
* 1 GHz processor (32- / 64-bit)
* 1 GB of RAM (32-bit); 2 GB of RAM (64-bit)
* 16 GB of [...]