Microsoft Vista SP1… it sucks a little bit less.
Computer, Microsoft, PC, Rants, Software March 19th, 2008I won’t be scientific, post up a bunch of numbers that mean a lot to a few esoteric people; nor even give you anything more than just one simple opinion… Microsoft Vista SP1 is not harmful, but it doesn’t make things any better. Well, maybe 0.1% better than the original install.
It doesn’t really add any new features that I can immediately tell. It doesn’t reduce the memory usage. It doesn’t even make my Vista experience on an AMD 6400+ Black edition processor with SATAII drives, 2GB of Corsair memory and an ATi HD 2600XT with 512mb GDDR3 memory seem any faster.
In fact, it really didn’t make anything break, slower or worse.
And that’s a good thing. Microsoft didn’t break anything. My anti-virus software still works. As does my NetLimiter Pro firewall. As does my MagicJack, Skype, Pidgin, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash. I still have to clean up crap with CCleaner occasionally, and above all it didn’t stop VLC from working…
It didn’t make anything seem faster, but it didn’t make anything seem slower. So… job well done Microsoft. You had the chance to make Vista seem better… and you didn’t capitalize.
If it makes you feel better, I feel like Leopard, before Apple OS X 10.5.2 that is, had slowed down on superior software. Running Windows XP on this same machine is like moving at mach speed. Running OS X 10.4.11 on the same hardware seems to make 10.5/10.5.1 seem slow as well. At least 10.5.2 made things better, at least on the machines that I use.
Here’s to hoping that SP2 make Vista better; SP1 did not.
March 31st, 2008 at 6:50 am
I’m afraid I have to disagree. I was one of the few that thought vista didn’t suck in the first place. Sure until I got the memory upgrade it was pretty useless but then I doubled my memory and it worked fine.
Getting the SP1 was a big mistake. It sucks greatly more now. Now loads of things don’t work. I spend a lot of time on the internet and its just screwed up my interaction with other computers. I have to keep swapping browsers to get things done.
I’m scared what SP2 will do when it arrives. Will anything work?
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September 17th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
sp1 screwed up my browsers they work until you go surfing then do not load pages or take forever
September 17th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
they say sp1 not harmful……If it screws up your browsers, whats that helpful??? I should have followed a friends advice: always give upgrades a month or more before installing to see if they arent beta being thrown out to see what needs to be fixed
October 31st, 2008 at 8:53 pm
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