Reason #`144 to stick with Windows XP if you can.
On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Hayes Elkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Meanwhile SP3 actually *does* speed up XP a bit and the idle memory > footprint is a little less. Go figure. > > Vista = Windows ME part II > > Pure garbage. > > > > Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2008 14:08:01 -0400 > > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [H] Vista SP1 comments > > > > > I've been trying to speed up Vista machines for customers (I've been > > doing this for sometime with XP) and as a benchmark, I measure the > following: > > > > Boot time (from power on until I can see the icons in My Computer. > > Time to drops below 5% for 10 seconds straight.) > > > Shutdown time (from clicking Turn Off until the computer powers off.) > > > > Now Vista is slower than XP on all three tests on every machine I've > > tried (I've even done fresh installs of XP vs fresh installs of > > Vista.) Now I'm not saying Vista sucks because it boots more slowly, > > but it certainly isn't a plus for the OS. > > > > Here is the funny part. From what I've read, SP1 is supposed to > > speed up Vista. But in every test I've done (five systems so far, > > and one clean install) SP1 slows the first two benchmarks by from 30% > > to 50%. Now I find that ridiculous. I haven't read up on SP1, so > > maybe it's giving all sorts of other exciting new features and the > > "better stability and performance" that MS talks about wasn't the > > main purpose, but one would think that given that performance is one > > of the huge complaints about Vista, MS would have tried to do > > something to make it faster. (And since boot time and shutdown time > > are two of the major areas that end users recognize as issues, these > > would be something to look at.) > > > > So from what I'm seeing here, SP1 is not going to save Vista. > > > > T > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. > http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008
