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Originally Posted by W.Smith
Is that 'still' the question after this?
Computerworld is reporting that Windows XP Service Pack 3 runs MS Office 10% faster than XP SP2 — and is 'considerably faster' than Vista SP1. XP SP3 isn't scheduled to be released until next year, but testers at Devil Mountain Software — the same company which found Vista SP 1 to be hardly any faster than the debut version of Vista — were able to run some benchmarking tests on a release candidate of XP SP3, says the report. While this may be great news for XP owners, it is a problem for Microsoft, which is having trouble convincing business users to migrate to Vista.
Windows XP SP3 boasts speed boost. Leaves Vista in the dust. |
Sigh. I really wish they hadn't publicized that. Now MS will throttle it just to make Vista look better.
In Microsoft's defense, though, it's not Vista itself that is particularly slow. Adding Aero is a HUGE performance hit compared to running Vista with the older interface.