Windows XP SP3 Twice As Fast As Vista

"Gerry" wrote in message
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Kevin

Does your spell checker work? Do you suffer from repetitive strain injury?


more like repetitive BRAIN injury....

I must have hit a sensitive nerve with the Vista pundits although
unintentional. Since reading some of the curt replies it now causes me to
wonder even more why XP represented over 40% of MS sales of OS software this
year. This is somewhat unprecedented I might add and is not a "flawed fact".

And now with MS issuing a SP3 it would appear to me that MS now recognizes
something that others do not.


"ColTom2" wrote in message
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Recently released info:

http://www.dabcc.com:80/article.aspx?id=6507

Don't worry Tom.the two of them were trolls. Frank was not seemingly
wanting to explain why the tests were flawed. I doubt he access to any
real information.

It will be a bit of a problem for Microsoft if the reports are true.
What is a little strange is that SP3 is supposed to be a rollup of
updates since SP2. Real improvements was not supposed to be the name of
the game. Now Vista SP1 does need to incorporate improvements if
Microsoft want to see sales pick up.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, England
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ColTom2 wrote:
I must have hit a sensitive nerve with the Vista pundits although
unintentional. Since reading some of the curt replies it now causes
me to wonder even more why XP represented over 40% of MS sales of OS
software this year. This is somewhat unprecedented I might add and is
not a "flawed fact".

And now with MS issuing a SP3 it would appear to me that MS now
recognizes something that others do not.


"ColTom2" wrote in message
...
Recently released info:

http://www.dabcc.com:80/article.aspx?id=6507

"Xandros" arron.neus*remove*@gmailcom wrote in message
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Now tell us why you choose to capitalize every word in your post? It is
highly unreadable, not to mention annoying.


He does it so you can ignore his posts without having to think about it.

ColTom2 wrote:

I must have hit a sensitive nerve with the Vista pundits although
unintentional. Since reading some of the curt replies it now causes me to
wonder even more why XP represented over 40% of MS sales of OS software this
year. This is somewhat unprecedented I might add and is not a "flawed fact".


That would infer that nearly 60% was Vista. So whats the big whoopie doo
about?

Bob

The interesting point is not what the percentages are but that there is
significant customer resistance to taking Vista on board. The operating
system has improvements in some areas but definitely takes steps
backwards in other areas. Microsoft seem to assume all customers are
dummies to be manipulated. I am not impressed with their pricing
strategy outside the US. As things stand I think Windows XP will remain
a better purchase option for many users for perhaps another 3 years.

However, one has to recognise that the latest gossip is about beta
products and could be totally misleading. Microsoft has, however,
miscalculated on the value of the changes in Vista, especially as
regards the commercial sector. Same point seems to apply regarding
Office 2007 although I am not conversant with the issues being still
reliant on Office 2000.



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Regards.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Bob I wrote:
ColTom2 wrote:

I must have hit a sensitive nerve with the Vista pundits although
unintentional. Since reading some of the curt replies it now causes
me to wonder even more why XP represented over 40% of MS sales of OS
software this year. This is somewhat unprecedented I might add and
is not a "flawed fact".

That would infer that nearly 60% was Vista. So whats the big whoopie
doo about?

ColTom2 wrote:
Recently released info:

http://www.dabcc.com:80/article.aspx?id=6507

There's an old joke about human nature being based on studies done on mice
and college sophomores - neither of which are human.

For most commercial applications, speed is almost irrelevant. If, for
example, Microsoft Word were five times faster, the time to compose a letter
would drop by, um, 0.01%.

The folks who fixate on speed are open source developers and dedicated
gamers, neither of which ...

Cannot infer 60% was Vista. They sell huge quantities of Office products.
"Bob I" wrote in message
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ColTom2 wrote:

I must have hit a sensitive nerve with the Vista pundits although
unintentional. Since reading some of the curt replies it now causes me to
wonder even more why XP represented over 40% of MS sales of OS software
this year. This is somewhat unprecedented I might add and is not a
"flawed fact".


That would infer that nearly 60% was Vista. So whats the big whoopie doo
about?

Gordon wrote:

"Frank" wrote in message
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ColTom2 wrote:

Recently released info:

http://www.dabcc.com:80/article.aspx?id=6507

Forget it...that was posted days ago and the test used was severely
flawed.
Frank



Like SIX DAYS? That's OLD?
And would you like to explain to us less-knowledgeable people just WHY it's
flawed?
Just saying "it's flawed" could be you as a Vista apologist.....



Well, maybe you should read the damn article.
Frank

Gerry wrote:

Don't worry Tom.the two of them were trolls. Frank was not seemingly
wanting to explain why the tests were flawed. I doubt he access to any
real information.

Using two different Office apps to do the test...2007 on one machine and
2003 on another completely negates any findings and totally makes for
"flawed" results.
Eunf said.
Frank

"Frank" wrote in message
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Gordon wrote:

"Frank" wrote in message
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ColTom2 wrote:

Recently released info:

http://www.dabcc.com:80/article.aspx?id=6507

Forget it...that was posted days ago and the test used was severely
flawed.
Frank



Like SIX DAYS? That's OLD?
And would you like to explain to us less-knowledgeable people just WHY
it's flawed?
Just saying "it's flawed" could be you as a Vista apologist.....

Well, maybe you should read the damn article.
Frank


Well maybe I did. They said that they "ALSO" tested Vista with Office 2007 -
ie AFTER the benchmark tests and AGAIN found that XP was faster then
Vista....maybe YOU should read the article as well.........

HeyBub wrote:
ColTom2 wrote:
Recently released info:

http://www.dabcc.com:80/article.aspx?id=6507

There's an old joke about human nature being based on studies done on mice
and college sophomores - neither of which are human.

For most commercial applications, speed is almost irrelevant. If, for
example, Microsoft Word were five times faster, the time to compose a letter
would drop by, um, 0.01%.

The folks who fixate on speed are open source developers and dedicated
gamers, neither of which ...


Even ms touts vista using the term "faster". So although ms might not be
fixated on speed, it certainly is touting "faster" as a major "plus"
aspect of the os, however irrelevant it might be in your view.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...es/easier.mspx
"Get things done and get on with life! Windows Vista makes it faster and
easier than ever to find, use, manage, share, and enjoy information—on
your PC and on the web."

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norm

Actually the real interesting point is that it is very reminiscent of 5
years ago. 'nough said.

Gerry wrote:

Bob

The interesting point is not what the percentages are but that there is
significant customer resistance to taking Vista on board. The operating
system has improvements in some areas but definitely takes steps
backwards in other areas. Microsoft seem to assume all customers are
dummies to be manipulated. I am not impressed with their pricing
strategy outside the US. As things stand I think Windows XP will remain
a better purchase option for many users for perhaps another 3 years.

However, one has to recognise that the latest gossip is about beta
products and could be totally misleading. Microsoft has, however,
miscalculated on the value of the changes in Vista, especially as
regards the commercial sector. Same point seems to apply regarding
Office 2007 although I am not conversant with the issues being still
reliant on Office 2000.

norm wrote:

HeyBub wrote:

ColTom2 wrote:

Recently released info:

http://www.dabcc.com:80/article.aspx?id=6507


There's an old joke about human nature being based on studies done on
mice and college sophomores - neither of which are human.

For most commercial applications, speed is almost irrelevant. If, for
example, Microsoft Word were five times faster, the time to compose a
letter would drop by, um, 0.01%.

The folks who fixate on speed are open source developers and dedicated
gamers, neither of which ...

Even ms touts vista using the term "faster". So although ms might not be
fixated on speed, it certainly is touting "faster" as a major "plus"
aspect of the os, however irrelevant it might be in your view.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...es/easier.mspx
"Get things done and get on with life! Windows Vista makes it faster and
easier than ever to find, use, manage, share, and enjoy information—on
your PC and on the web."


The search feature is definitely faster. Notice the word "find" is the
first word used after "faster and easier" in the ad.
Frank

Wasn't for me. It most likely depends on what you are searching for. The
Search function is a negative feature as far as I am concerned.


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Frank wrote:
norm wrote:

HeyBub wrote:

ColTom2 wrote:

Recently released info:

http://www.dabcc.com:80/article.aspx?id=6507


There's an old joke about human nature being based on studies done
on mice and college sophomores - neither of which are human.

For most commercial applications, speed is almost irrelevant. If,
for example, Microsoft Word were five times faster, the time to
compose a letter would drop by, um, 0.01%.

The folks who fixate on speed are open source developers and
dedicated gamers, neither of which ...

Even ms touts vista using the term "faster". So although ms might
not be fixated on speed, it certainly is touting "faster" as a major
"plus" aspect of the os, however irrelevant it might be in your view.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...es/easier.mspx
"Get things done and get on with life! Windows Vista makes it faster
and easier than ever to find, use, manage, share, and enjoy
information—on your PC and on the web."


The search feature is definitely faster. Notice the word "find" is the
first word used after "faster and easier" in the ad.
Frank