Solve : Windows XP SP3 boasts speed boost, testers claim?

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Answer» Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), the update scheduled to RELEASE next year, runs Microsoft Corp.'s Office suite 10% faster than XP SP2, a performance testing software developer reported Friday. Linksigh Is it worth it?I find it interesting they are holding back the XP SP release until after the Vista SP1 is released... The XP SP3 has been released to BETA testers.look at this * Windows XP outshines Vista in benchmarking test New tests have revealed that Windows XP with the beta Service Pack 3 has twice the performance of Vista, even with its long-awaited Service Pack 1. Vista's first service pack, to be released early next year, is intended to boost the operating system's performance. However, when Vista with the Service Pack 1 (SP1) beta was put through benchmark testing by RESEARCHERS at Florida-based software DEVELOPMENT company Devil Mountain Software, the improvement was not overwhelming, leaving the latest Windows iteration outshined by its predecessor. Vista, both with and without SP1, performed notably slower than XP with SP3 in the test, taking over 80 seconds to complete the test, compared to the beta SP3-enhanced XP's 35 seconds. Vista's performance with the service pack increased less than 2 percent compared to performance without SP1--much lower than XP's SP3 improvement of 10 percent. The tests, RUN on a Dell XPS M1710 test bed with a 2GHz Core 2 Duo CPU and 1GB of RAM, put Microsoft Office 2007 through a set of productivity tasks, including creating a compound document and supporting workbooks and presentation materials. In response to the test, a Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement that although the company understood the interest in the service packs, they are "still in development" and will continue to evolve before their release. "It has always been our goal to deliver service packs that meet the full spectrum of customer needs," the spokesperson said. If SP1 does not evolve sufficiently, it could be another setback for Vista, with many businesses waiting to adopt the operating system until the service pack is released. http://www.news.com/Windows-XP-outshines-Vista-in-benchmarking-test/2100-1016_3-6220201.htmlPersonally, I can't wait for this to finally be released. There are ways to get a copy of the beta version, but that's one beta I'm DEFINITELY too afraid to try on my computer.So far nothing has BLOWN UP on me here...Quote from: CBMatt on November 27, 2007, 09:03:39 AM Personally, I can't wait for this to finally be released. There are ways to get a copy of the beta version, but that's one beta I'm definitely too afraid to try on my computer. You mean Win XP SP3 (beta), not the Vista SP1 (beta), right?Quote from: soybean on November 27, 2007, 09:45:23 AM Quote from: CBMatt on November 27, 2007, 09:03:39 AM Personally, I can't wait for this to finally be released. There are ways to get a copy of the beta version, but that's one beta I'm definitely too afraid to try on my computer. You mean Win XP SP3 (beta), not the Vista SP1 (beta), right? Yessir. Sorry for not specifying.10% improvement . . . if that carries over, even partly, to anything but MS Office, I'll be glad.

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Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), the update scheduled to RELEASE next year, runs Microsoft Corp.'s Office suite 10% faster than XP SP2, a performance testing software developer reported Friday.

Link*sigh* Is it worth it?I find it interesting they are holding back the XP SP release until after the Vista SP1 is released...

The XP SP3 has been released to BETA testers.look at this *

Windows XP outshines Vista in benchmarking test

New tests have revealed that Windows XP with the beta Service Pack 3 has twice the performance of Vista, even with its long-awaited Service Pack 1.

Vista's first service pack, to be released early next year, is intended to boost the operating system's performance. However, when Vista with the Service Pack 1 (SP1) beta was put through benchmark testing by RESEARCHERS at Florida-based software DEVELOPMENT company Devil Mountain Software, the improvement was not overwhelming, leaving the latest Windows iteration outshined by its predecessor.

Vista, both with and without SP1, performed notably slower than XP with SP3 in the test, taking over 80 seconds to complete the test, compared to the beta SP3-enhanced XP's 35 seconds.

Vista's performance with the service pack increased less than 2 percent compared to performance without SP1--much lower than XP's SP3 improvement of 10 percent. The tests, RUN on a Dell XPS M1710 test bed with a 2GHz Core 2 Duo CPU and 1GB of RAM, put Microsoft Office 2007 through a set of productivity tasks, including creating a compound document and supporting workbooks and presentation materials.

In response to the test, a Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement that although the company understood the interest in the service packs, they are "still in development" and will continue to evolve before their release. "It has always been our goal to deliver service packs that meet the full spectrum of customer needs," the spokesperson said.

If SP1 does not evolve sufficiently, it could be another setback for Vista, with many businesses waiting to adopt the operating system until the service pack is released.

http://www.news.com/Windows-XP-outshines-Vista-in-benchmarking-test/2100-1016_3-6220201.htmlPersonally, I can't wait for this to finally be released. There are ways to get a copy of the beta version, but that's one beta I'm DEFINITELY too afraid to try on my computer.So far nothing has BLOWN UP on me here...Quote from: CBMatt on November 27, 2007, 09:03:39 AM

Personally, I can't wait for this to finally be released. There are ways to get a copy of the beta version, but that's one beta I'm definitely too afraid to try on my computer.

You mean Win XP SP3 (beta), not the Vista SP1 (beta), right?Quote from: soybean on November 27, 2007, 09:45:23 AM

Quote from: CBMatt on November 27, 2007, 09:03:39 AM
Personally, I can't wait for this to finally be released. There are ways to get a copy of the beta version, but that's one beta I'm definitely too afraid to try on my computer.
You mean Win XP SP3 (beta), not the Vista SP1 (beta), right?

Yessir. Sorry for not specifying.10% improvement . . . if that carries over, even partly, to anything but MS Office, I'll be glad.

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