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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. Re:Optimization by UncleTogie · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Does average joe care about optimizations? Probably not. Are they important? To people like you and I, sure, but not to average joe.

    Yes, it DOES matter to Joe. Joe, however, won't call it "code optimization". Joe will simply say that "Vista runs slower than my XP did!" He doesn't care WHY it's so, but even Joe can tell the difference in speed.

    We have a lot of Joes come through our shop. They notice.

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  2. Re:How to "speed up" Vista by Drencrom · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It seems you have to do a lot of research to get vista working decently. I guess this proves that it is not yet ready for the desktop :)

  3. Re:Are we shocked? by syousef · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So what you're saying is that you don't care because it's not your primary OS. Those that do care may be thinking of it running as their primary OS. Heck they may be forced to do so at work in a couple of years. Their LIVING may depend on it.

    I do use XP as my primary OS at home and at work and you bet I care. It ain't my spare car. It's my primary ride.

    How is the parent modded as insightful? He's saying he doesn't give a shit because he hardly uses it.

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