Windows XP SP3 Yields Performance Gains Over Vista SP1

[Hairbautt]

"After a disappointing showing by Windows Vista SP1 (see previous post), we were pleasantly surprised to discover that Windows XP Service Pack 3 (v.3244) delivers a measurable performance boost to this aging desktop OS. Testing with OfficeBench showed an ~10% performance boost vs. the same configuration running under Windows XP w/Service Pack 2."

"Since SP3 was supposed to be mostly a bug-fix/patch consolidation release - unlike w/Vista SP1, Microsoft made no promises of improved performance for XP - the unexpected speed boost comes as a nice bonus. In fact, XP SP3 is shaping-up to be a "must have" update for the majority of users who are still running Redmond's not-so-latest and greatest desktop OS."

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Source: Neowin.Net
BetaNews: XP SP3 outperforms Vista SP1, but less when running same Office version

[$SnoopDo2G$]

But can we trust Microshit with their updates ? ?

[psxcite]

Great news! I have yet to make the move to Vista. Well, let me correct that last statement. I did try it, but immediately formated and reinstalled XP once it brought my system to a crawl.

[dave12]

even i have not upgraded to vista and i am not even thinking about upgrading to vista xp is better than vista.

[vadim7788]

But can we trust Microshit with their updates ? ?

I update vista sp1 and it's very good update !!

[$SnoopDo2G$]

Because the last update from Microshiot fucked up my windows media player
that i don't use anymore btw...

[Hairbautt]

I'm actually using v3244 of SP3 because when I had SP2 and the +80 updates my explorer.exe kept crashing.

People say "Ew, beta SP! Don't install it!!!" - I havn't had any problems with any of the versions.

[nanotek]

stillon xp pro sp1 and no plans of changing that any time soon

[silent h3ro]

It's hard to believe the performance increase was a mistake. Maybe they are used to optimizing Vista already that they just applied that to SP3. Either way, I don't think I will be using Vista anytime soon so this is good news.

Hairbautt, you still use IE?

[Straiker]

Good news about SP3 but I am goin to wait a bit before using it.