Vista SP1 Guides for IT Professionals Released

wilkinism writes "Microsoft released several detailed documents explaining just about everything you ever wanted to know about Vista SP1. Highlights include a Deployment Guide, list of included hotfixes, and a 17-page list of 'Notable Changes'. In reviewing the Notable Changes document, it seems the company focused on improving reliability & performance in really specific scenarios, so it's no wonder that most reviewers are reporting no noticeable gains."

Comments

Specific scenarios?

[ccguy]

From the changelog:

25% faster when copying files locally on the same disk on the same machine

Significantly improves the speed of moving a directory with many files underneath.

I don't think those two (from a quick glance at the doc) are very uncommon...

Re:Specific scenarios?

[Anonymous Coward]

Moving a directory? Why is that complex?

You don't actually physically move the files & directories on disk. You just change a few index entries.

This isn't bleeding edge stuff - I'm sure this was done more than 20 years ago.

Re:Specific scenarios?

[MMC Monster]

That's what I'm wondering. A move of a directory tree on the same disk should be changing a couple links and that's it. Regardless of the underlying filesystem.

What would be interesting is if they implemented a faster "copy directory on same disk" that involved hard links and copy-on-demand when files change. (Something like what Sun's ZFS)

Re:Specific scenarios?

[OldManAndTheC]

Vista (or Windows XP w/ Resource Kit) already includes a robust copy tool

Which makes you wonder why such a tool is necessary in the first place. Why can't normal Explorer copy operations be robust?

Re:Failed to include the upgrade to Ubuntu button

[bigstrat2003]

Look, here's what the intelligent people want from you, and the others who are posting to rip on Vista. Shut the fuck up. We know you don't like Vista, and you've had an entire fucking year to make that plain to everyone. Now, when a Vista story comes along, just shut up so that we can have some sort of sensible, intelligent discussion about the topic.

Re:Support Blender and Ogre3D!

[Jackie_Chan_Fan]

linux doesnt even have the everything but entertainment. It lacks a lot in the area of content creation as well.

Gimp is a peice of shit folks. Lets be real.

Re:This is the sensible discussion

[bigstrat2003]

If this is intelligent discussion, then so is goatse. Bashing Vista isn't intelligent discussion, it's trolling, when it occurs in the context of a story about SP1. Intelligent discussion would be the merits/demerits of SP1, not saying "lolz people need an upgrade to Ubuntu button".

Re:Failed to include the upgrade to Ubuntu button

[causality]

I've gotten sick and tired of hearing the idiots who feel the need to bash Vista at every opportunity

Think of it as a counterbalance, a reaction to Microsoft's need to promote Vista at every opportunity and the fact that they can make it widespread regardless of its quality. Why blame the reaction instead of the primary cause?

Vista now reports the actual amount of RAM install

[anss123]

Vista now reports the actual amount of RAM installed -- I consider that a regression. Why does it matter that I got 5 gig installed if the OS can use only 3? Oh, and Intel will now be free to limit their chipsets in any way they please as long as the BIOS reports the "installed" memory.

USE SYNCTOY!!!!!! by MS too

[cheekyboy]

Use synctoy, its MSs attempt at an rsync clone which is quite ok, though could be better for once off 'copys'

It does all you want, the way you want it, its what should be in the OS by default!!!

Im sure explorer has 15 years of legacy code and exceptions and 100 levels of tree decisions, its probly why they
dont want to change too much, especially if its bad code thats been cleaned up.