Windows XP SP3 Yields Performance Gains

http://exo-blog.blogspot.com/2007/11/windows-xp-sp3-yields-performance-gains.html

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.

 

Nice, but SP3 Final isn't due until 1H2008:

Windows Service Pack Roadmap

 

Well you can install it with registry hack and windows update just like vista's SP1 beta version.

 

10% boost.....what was that .5 seconds? Nobody will notice unless they are benchmarking.

 

The blog post is just a slant against Vista. What a bunch of nothing.

 

Yes the blog is another Vista bashing site. Does SP3 support more RAM access? Under XP the /PAE extention only recognizes 2.62 RAM on my 4gb laptop.

 

Vista SP1 has shown a significant increase in quality and performance already. Who knows how much better it may be once it's finally released? XP is gone, and some still need to face that. Vista will be here to stay, especially with SP1 right around the corner.

 

Haha, XP is nowhere near gone.
There is not a single hospital on the face of the planet using Vista, and there wont be one for years.
My Dad works for a major petroleum company and they wont be even considering using Vista for years either.
Most major industries still use shell based 16-bit applications to run mission critical operations (ex: any warehouse inventory system, the software that controls oil pipeplines and pumps, medication controls, etc)

 

Gone? XP is nowhere near gone and won't be until some time after Vista is ready for primetime, which it's not. And "gone" is a relative term. I have XP on my notebook, but my graphic design and copyediting business has run for years on Windows 2000; quite effectively and stablely (is that a word?) I might add. Win2K is another OS that's "gone."

 

Heck W2K is still around.. my work still uses it! Lots of programs still won't work 100% with Vista and that's the biggest problem. Until the developers does the workarounds the whole Vista systems is in a standstill and this is even truer with Vx64 programs/drivers.

 

It's comparing an apple to an orange. XP is around for 5 years + with 2 service packs, mature, high performance, stable and 100% compatibility. Vista on the other hand is only out for a year, built on a rewritten/secure architecture, not so stable, and good compatibility. The performance difference can be attributed to the difference in architecture (graphics or otherwise).

 

Your right on target. Vista has/had some of it sown problems, which I think MS has or will fix shortly.

The vast majority of problems with Vista is shoddy programing and hardware vendors wanting you to spend money to fix your Vista problems (new hardware) vs them spending money (drivers FOR THEIR HARDWARE) to fix your problem. Those software and hardware vendors have not problem heaping the blame on MS to deflect the blame.

When I say shody programing I mean that Microsoft has published its software development standards for years.....many years. Programs that have followed those standards for the most part work just fine. You will find that some MS owned software actually did not work when Vista rolled out...until it was fixed.

Software that runs correctly under Vista is way more secure than under XP. The software that must run as administrator.....stumbles and falls apart on Vista...and MS takes the blame.

In a few years at max there will be more copies of Vista running than XP. All new applications, or versions of applications will be written to support the Vista security model...if they are worth anything at all.

 

The driver support for Vista is still somewhat questionable, but improving. I think that's also one of the major problems that has been holding it back.

As an office/work OS, I don't have any problems with it. In fact, it's solid almost all the way around. It's smooth and efficient with any Adobe application I throw at it, and is great for 3D/art. As a gaming platform it still has some performance issues which still need to be worked out, but I've not had too much trouble with it.

I guess the big issue is more or less what you expect out of Vista. Not that I'm complaining about getting another potential 10% performance out of XP!

 

Will the new service pack allow for XP to recognize more than 2.whatever gb of ram?

 

32-bit can go up to 3.5GB but 64-bit can go up to i think it was 16GB. A service pack can't fix that, it's just hardware limitations.

 

Nah Dude, it just so happened that i downgraded from Vista to XP this weekend, I am the perfect example that XP will not/is not gone, and probably will be here to stay for quite a while. Vista was nice, I hate to get rid of it, but the compatibility issues even on a brand new laptop is just unreasonable, what is worse is there isn't even workaround for the problems I am had been encountering, so the only path is to downgrade to XP, which solved all of the issues.