Researchers Sour on Vista Service Pack 1 Performance

Stony Stevenson passed us a link indicating that a group of researchers has described Microsoft's upcoming Windows Vista Service Pack 1 as basically a performance dud. Researchers from the Devil Mountain Software group is claiming that a series of in-house benchmark tests showed that users hoping to receive a speed boost from the update will be disappointed. "Devil Mountain ran its DMS Clarity Studio framework on a laptop Barth described as a "barn burner" -- dual-core processor, dedicated graphics, and either 1GB or 2GB of memory -- to compare performance of the SP1 release candidate that Microsoft released last week with the RTM version that hit general distribution last January. The Vista RTM was not updated with any of the bug fixes, patches or performance packs that Microsoft has pushed through Windows Update since the operating system's debut. 'One gigabyte, 2GB [of memory], it didn't make a difference,' said [CTO Craig] Barth. 'SP1 was never more than 1% or 2% faster.'"

Straw Man?

[lseltzer]

Did Microsoft say it would improve overall system performance?

Standard reply from most vendors is...

[Hymer]

"This is a BETA, it is not finished yet. Everything will be alright when it is released."

Re:Optimization

[Anonymous Coward]

Well I did go with a compsci degree but I'm sure I could find something. Here's my proposed patch:

+/*

40 million lines of DRM, WGA, Windows Media Ultra Control Restricted Mode Crap

+*/

Done!

Game over man!!

[djupedal]

Last one out of Redmond, please turn off that god damn useless big ass table [youtube.com]...

Re:Are we shocked?

[king-manic]

Vista is the new ME, the sooner it dies and MS dumps it the better off we'll all be.

Vista would have to re-animate the dead into blood thirsty zombies before it could rival the utter horror of ME.

Re:That's a release candidate

[GDubs]

Tell that to the KDE team.

Re:Are we shocked?

[cronot]

Vista would have to re-animate the dead into blood thirsty zombies before it could rival the utter horror of ME.

Gosh, I sure wouldn't like to meet you.

Re:Are we shocked?

[WombatDeath]

Won't happen - they wouldn't give users the ability to reanimate the dead without the permission of the copyright holder (presumably FSM or Odin or someone). I suppose they could get official backing by releasing something (Holy Windows?) which makes you pray for half an hour before booting but, now that I think about it, that's pretty much the current position... ...oh, shit.

Can someone lend me a cricket bat, please?

Give up...

[__aamisb9940]

...Vista is NOT about performance. It's about security. The market demanded a 'more secure' Windows, and Microsoft delivered. The market once demanded speed, and MS delivered Windows 98.

Windows is like "Star Trek" movies

[BearRanger]

Let's see. . . 95, 98, ME, XP, Vista. . . Yup, only the even numbered releases are any good. Just to be safe they'd best rebrand Windows 7 as Windows 8. ;-)

Re:Straw Man?

[deathy_epl+ccs]

Now this is a picture of Chewbacca.

...

Lookit the silly monkey.

Re:Straw Man?

[QRDeNameland]

That's Straw Chewbacca to you...

Makin' a post

[Synthaxx]

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