Graph on Network file copy speed differences between Vista SP1 and the Original Vista RTM:
http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2007/12/file_transfer_whs_to_vista.jpg Graph of various file operations of Vista SP1 vs Vista RTM http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/images/sp1_performance_boost_1c.jpg Graph of various file operations of Vista SP1 vs XP SP2 http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=1332&page=5 Conclusion - XP SP2 faster overall. Since the majority of work that is done on a computer involves file reading, writing, moving etc. XP SP2 will on average feel faster than Vista in normal day to day operation. Here is some of what Microsoft indicated would be fixed with Vista SP1: # Service Pack 1 should improve the speed of copying and moving folders with lots of files and subfolders within them. Furthermore, it's said to improve performance over by as much as 25% when copying files locally on a single disk PC. # The service pack should allow Vista to do a much better job with the copy progress "time remaining" estimate. # SP1 should improve "overall media performance by reducing many glitches," according to Microsoft. # By including the SLI hotfix, SP1 should allow games to scale better to SLI configurations when compared with single-card configurations. So that tells you what was *not* working as well as it could with Vista. Note the mention of SLI Graphics scaling. For me, there's just no reason to switch to Vista SP1 or otherwise at the moment. XP just feels faster and smoother than Vista, and the file copy issue is very very noticeable to me. Especially when installing games, or loading game levels. For business use, I guess someone wouldn't give two hoots. And certainly if one was not accustomed to XP they would simply accept Vista performance as the norm. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:256983 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
