Thanks for the link. I read somewhere recently (via Digg or Google News?) that a machine running Windows XP with beta sp3 was more than twice as fast as a Windows Vista machine of comparable specs. This included the operating system itself and the execution of applications. They also used some benchmarking software I believe.
I really wish they would start getting some things done on vista to make it less ****ty. I don't like having to run vista but I really wanted dx10 (although it hasn't proved to be so great so far). Screw you M$.
On a note relating more to this thread, is there any listing of what sp3 actually does? The link says it changes a few things but no listing of what exactly.
The key for corperations... IT'S A HUGE ROLLUP!!! I maintain the WinXP Patch CD for my division and I'm over 100 patches to bring a system current. That's insane. WinXP SP3 will make my Patch CD much smaller and faster to patch a system.
Oh, and I've also heard that SP3, somehow, boosts performance. Again, why switch to Vista?