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1. Comment - XP SP3 speed lead over Vista SP1 narrows under similar workloads

   (Nov 30, 2007 - 8:07 AM)

   I got an old laptop running Fedora for net surfing. An XP based system as a Media Centre and a new XPS1330 that Iupgraded from 32 to Vista 64. I nearly backed out of Vista 4 or 5 times thinking of how much faster flashpoint or such will run on XP but ive stuck with it and am now delighted with the usability of the system. Al I can say is that 4gb of RAM give you a fast, elegant and usable system.
   
   Sure I might get more fps with XP but on Vista I get a much more enjoyable OS. 1 example is if I get a display driver crash in XPO then its BSOD or CTD but in Vista I get a pause, an error and the sytstem reloads the driver again in a sec leaving me right back in the action where I was 3 secs later. No fuss.
   
   I really cant think of going to XP now as it looks far too old now. Vista might not be the massive evolution that XP was over ME but it is defenately an advance.