Sp3

Hey guys....
was wondering, I've heard all kinds of stories, but does anybody know when the "real" release of SP3 will come out for the public. I'm excited, heard about the 10% performance boost. I've heard it is suppose to be release the first half of 2008, but havn't heard anything. let me know!!! thx.

 

I wonder if it will ever happen especially with all this talk of Vista SP1 and dropping support for XP

 

I could've sworn I saw Halo post about the RTM being released recently, but can't find it for the life of me.

If that's true, it won't be long before the full launch

 

SP3 is still at RC1, I don't see any speed improvements running this. Main thing that I like is that it has all the updates post SP2.

@Mada, I think you meant Vista SP1 which has in fact RTM'd to OEM's and we'll see it on WU mid March. The SP1 RC1 refresh is working very nicely.

 

thx for the feedback...it would make sense for Microsoft to release Vista SP1 before XP SP3, gives people one more reason not to go to Vista. Thats what MA's article was talking about. It'll be interesting to see when it comes out.

 

Vistas SP1 does give some speed boost, that I have noticed.

It also speeds file transfer, which is great for people like me

Mada_Milty, you weren't wrong and the Automated Installation Kit has been released. It can be found HERE.

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As for XP SP3, no one really knows, it will be released when it's ready -- you can't rush perfection.

Regards Jason

 

There's no reason to avoid Vista unless your system/peripherals/SW can't handle it. I'll look for MA's article.

 

Vista is a very good O/S providing you have the right hardware as augiedoggie said above.

What your forgetting is that Vista is made for future hardware and not current.

I know for a fact that everyone will grow to like Vista, How? Well, let's take a look.

When XP was released, what did everyone do? They moaned about it like they are about Vista now and said 98 was better. But look now, everyone loves XP.

Vista is the way forward, XP will not last forever.

Regards Jason

 

"Vista is the way forward, XP will not last forever."





very well put...

 

Vista is most definately for current hardware, even recent hardware up to a year ago.

Its been out since 4th quarter 2006, after all.

That said, im running it on a 3 year old machine. I have 5.9s across the board for the WEI aside from the CPU, which holds me back at 5.0.

 

Yes, true. I get 5.6 and built my system just over a year ago.

But, scoring is going to change, once newer hardware is released, such as the 45nm processors.

Regards Jason

 

It will always be true that the faster the hardware, the faster the OS runs.

That is not an indicator that the OS is intended for future hardware vs. current.

When the WEI is updated, I think you will find that current hardware will not score lower, however new hardware will simply score higher than the current scale.

Otherwise, the results would be completely misleading.

 

Yes, I concur.

But, it's best to have better hardware, such as more ram, so you have more scope to run different apps in the background, as well as playing games

Regards Jason