Tuesday, February 5th 2008
Microsoft Releases List of Most Notable Changes in Windows Vista SP1
The 21 page document can be found in both XLS and PDF format.
Both can be downloaded from Microsoft.
In case you don't feel like sifting through 21 pages of Microsoft's PR team at their finest, I took the liberty of summing up the summary. Basically, Microsoft took in a lot of user feedback, and mushed it into Vista Service Pack 1. Service Pack 1 addresses a ton of specific reliability and performance issues. Microsoft even went so far as to re-do the Vista kernel.
Source:
Neowin.net
Both can be downloaded from Microsoft.
In case you don't feel like sifting through 21 pages of Microsoft's PR team at their finest, I took the liberty of summing up the summary. Basically, Microsoft took in a lot of user feedback, and mushed it into Vista Service Pack 1. Service Pack 1 addresses a ton of specific reliability and performance issues. Microsoft even went so far as to re-do the Vista kernel.
61 Comments on Microsoft Releases List of Most Notable Changes in Windows Vista SP1
I aint got either and its runs smoother than any xp computer I have ever used.
Ultimate also requires a nice little graphics card that packs a punch.
BUT we're talking the Ultimate version here, I wouldn't expect to be running Ultimate without a nice rig in the rear.
Ive said it before and Ill say it again. People want this and that in an OS and when MS puts it in, people bitch and when they dont, they bitch some more. So its a lose lose. If you dont like the OS or MS, then go Apple or Linux. No one is breaking your arm to use Vista or any other MS OS. DX10.1 will be in SP1 yes. Heh. Your using a single core when Vista shines with multi-core. Try updating the system then do a review on it. Yes, I will admit that games did not run "as" smoothly as they did with XP, but the games and whatnot still ran and worked perfectly fine regardless. I updated to a dual core soon after and I noticed a BIG difference. And XP doesnt? XP still has a shit load of flaws that MS is still patching. No piece of software is perfect. Not one. Yes XP was a great OS in its time, but its growing old and needs to retire.
For a decently powerful system, its not the end of the world, people give it too much crap for being slow, its not really "THAT" bad... But yes very indeed it is slower than XP... Yes instead of being able to get away with 1gb of ram and a P4 HT chip, ya your screwed there. At some points here realize some hardware is FAR beyond dated.
If you stop and look at it, yes Vista is slower than XP, but XP is slower than 2000, 2000 is slower than 98, etc etc.
Results on that multi-core machine (XP vs. Vista on that particular machine) were pretty much what I saw on other machines I tested.
only regret is the updates problem i've had since i switched to X64 (possibly befor i switched... cant remember...i dont know of anyone else with this problem.... check my "help" link)
(currently my update problem is worse... with 44 important updates!!!)
(anyone know of a torrent with all updates pre-applied X64 Ultimate only.... i'll look later!)
whens the expected release date for SP1???... (never mind... just read TPU's main page..... march... ah well... plenty of time for now..)