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November 27, 2007 | Comments: (0)
Service Pack vs. Service Pack: XP SP3 Beats Vista SP1
According to tests by Devil Mountain Software comparing the release candidates for the last Windows XP service pack and the first Vista service pack, XP SP3 performs twice as fast as Vista SP1 on the same machine--and slower than the initial release of the Vista OS as well.
Now, it will come as no surprise to anyone who's used Vista (or read my earlier posts on Vista) that XP outperforms the current version. But it's not a good sign that it hasn't gained any ground on XP in its first SP--and that XP SP 3, which was supposed to just be a bug fix release, has actually gained ground on Vista. This sort of performance is bound to give enterprise customers who've been waiting for Vista SP1 to make their go/no go call some pause.
Posted by Sean Gallagher on November 27, 2007 06:01 PM
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"XP SP3 performs... slower than the initial release of the Vista OS." that means Vista is faster... Is that what you meant to say?
Posted by: some guy at January 14, 2008 09:25 AMnice work misreading that incredibly simple article, you must live a fun life driving up to stop signs that were meant to say give way and red lights that are meant to be green
Posted by: someguy = idiot at January 14, 2008 11:45 PMHow is he misreading it? It's one sentence that, if broken down, seems to suggest the XP SP3 is slower that the initial release of Vista.
Now, obviously, that's not what the author intended, but that is what he said!
"XP SP3 performs twice as fast as Vista SP1"
XPSP3 = 2 x VistaSP1
"and slower than the initial release of the Vista OS"
XPSP3 < VistaInitialRelease
I had to re-read this several times to get an understanding (or misunderstanding based on the confusing wording) Glad I'm not the only one here who thinks that maybe the author missed something in his exuberance.....
Posted by: Wes at January 15, 2008 11:55 AMYeah, we all know what was meant, but the sentence is indeed garbled. It should have read: "Vista SP1 performs HALF as fast as XP SP3 on the same machine, and slower than the initial release of Vista as well."
Posted by: John at January 15, 2008 06:43 PMRead the article carefully "XP SP3 performs twice as fast as Vista SP1"
Twice as fast :
2 x XP SP3 = Vista SP1
its mean, XP faster than Vista, not just faster, but twice faster than Vista SP1
READ CNET for further info:
http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13506_1-9837180-17.html
com'on guys, it is clear you can dress up a pig, but it will still be a pig !
how would that sentence mean anything else ?
Vista = PIG
People used to laugh at me when I used W98 and Vista was the new hotness...
...those people still use XP and intend not to switch to Vista.
Posted by: David K. at January 24, 2008 01:12 PMSo, the big news is Redmond produces a Service Pack which actualy makes Vista slower. That's the same when a professional tennis player gets a new coach to make his service slower. And the whole world just leans back and returns to everydays bussiness (on machines that get slower every day)
O those Redmond boys.
Posted by: Martin at February 11, 2008 07:44 AMI downloaded service pack 3 and lost my address bar on the "taskbar" what's up? Also Nortons 2008 System Works causes my computer to freeze up on start up. Only since downloading service pack 3
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