PC makers take slow road to XP update. The release of a first service pack is typically a watershed event for a new version of Windows, but PC makers are taking their own sweet time to add this update to new machines. [CNET News.com]

Two Things:

1. “A number of factors apparently affected PC makers’ slow approach to the service pack. Many manufacturers have reported a dramatic decline in technical support calls with Windows XP compared with older versions of the operating system.”

2. They don’t talk about the fix that were made to eliminate crash found because of the semi-automatic Error Reporting feature. There are a whole lot of crashs that just go away.