More Evidence That XP is Vista's Main Competitor

Ian Lamont writes "Computerworld is reporting that Windows XP Service Pack 3 runs MS Office 10% faster than XP SP2 — and is 'considerably faster' than Vista SP1. XP SP3 isn't scheduled to be released until next year, but testers at Devil Mountain Software — the same company which found Vista SP 1 to be hardly any faster than the debut version of Vista — were able to run some benchmarking tests on a release candidate of XP SP3, says the report. While this may be great news for XP owners, it is a problem for Microsoft, which is having trouble convincing business users to migrate to Vista."

the ever elusive desktop

[Almir]

will 2008 be the year of vista on the desktop? stay tuned to find out!

Not a monopoly!

[dattaway]

Microsoft now has proof that consumers have choice!

there's still time to

[mincognito]

integrate Microsoft Bob into SP3. problem solved.

Re:boredom is Vista's main competitor

[Ihlosi]

If you buy a new PC, you'll run Vista.

No thanks. If I buy a new PC, it'll run Windows XP

Misguided and trolling

[Groo Wanderer]

That report is so misguided. Yes, Vista _IS_ slower, but think about all you get for it! You get free popups, chunks of your data archived at MS for NO added cost or CPU time other than the base Vista install, and the assurances that your software is genuine. With XP, you probably would have trouble sleeping at night not knowing for SURE if your software is genuine, or that your config and IP data wasn't safe in the hands of security conscious redmondians.

So Vista _DOES_ run slower, but the security and peace of mind is well worth it. Were it not for the added speed, you might be a victim of software WMD or something, they are out there you know. Boo.

            -Charlie

Microsoft vs Microsoft

[Anonymous Coward]

Microsoft competing with itself?

Someone quick invent a boomerang chair for these situations

XP Service Pack 3 is not done...

[Ngarrang]

...until it is slower than Vista SP1!

Re:the ever elusive desktop

[Smauler]

Imagine if DirectX required pre-emptive multitasking support. (not hard to do, it actually DOES)

How would you backport that to Windows 3.1?

Noooooo!!!! I just wiped my Linux and Vista partitions on my dual SLI 8800GTX gaming rig to install Windows 3.1. And now you tell me I might not be able to get newer versions of DirectX to work?? Damn Micro$haft!