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Researchers Sour on Vista Service Pack 1 Performance

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bit-of-a-bore dept.

Stony Stevenson passed us a link indicating that a group of researchers has described Microsoft's upcoming Windows Vista Service Pack 1 as basically a performance dud. Researchers from the Devil Mountain Software group is claiming that a series of in-house benchmark tests showed that users hoping to receive a speed boost from the update will be disappointed. "Devil Mountain ran its DMS Clarity Studio framework on a laptop Barth described as a "barn burner" -- dual-core processor, dedicated graphics, and either 1GB or 2GB of memory -- to compare performance of the SP1 release candidate that Microsoft released last week with the RTM version that hit general distribution last January. The Vista RTM was not updated with any of the bug fixes, patches or performance packs that Microsoft has pushed through Windows Update since the operating system's debut. 'One gigabyte, 2GB [of memory], it didn't make a difference,' said [CTO Craig] Barth. 'SP1 was never more than 1% or 2% faster.'"

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  1. SP a Performance Dud? by PaisteUser · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Wouldn't the summary be more accurate by saying "Vista a performance dud"?

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  2. Article is FUD by GDubs · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    SP1 has greatly improved performance for me and almost everyone else I've talked to. Let's not forget to mention that almost all software compatibility issues have been resolved and that it's genuinely more secure than XP. But I guess Slashdot can't go a day without posting an anti-Vista story!

  3. Re:Anonymous King Sours on Slashdot by Porchroof · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Linux/Unix arrogance raises its ugly head again.

    Face it, child, Linux et.al. will never compete with Microsoft's Windows.

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