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Vista SP1 Guides for IT Professionals Released

Posted by Zonk on from the get-prepped-before-the-hammer-falls dept.

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."

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  1. Specific scenarios? by ccguy · · Score: 5, Insightful
    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...
    1. Re:Specific scenarios? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

      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.

  2. Re:Failed to include the upgrade to Ubuntu button by bigstrat2003 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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.

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