Thread: Windows Vista SP1 adds no productivity?

Since the original Windows Vista performance leaves much to be desired, most corporate users have chosen to abandon the deployment of a new operating system until the first service package updates. However, recently submitted Beta Vista SP1 shows that the current Microsoft developers particularly successful in increasing the productivity of Windows Vista has not been.

Perwo-blunted, Microsoft developers were required to achieve at least a level of performance Windows XP. Unfortunately, this is not a case in which the developers managed to reach the bar. Intensive research team tested showed that performance gains achieved in Vista SP1 is not so significant and is unlikely to be able to satisfy demanding users accustomed to Windows XP.

As we tested

This conclusion we made after reviewing the assembly Windows Vista Service Pack 1 RC0 (v.658), which was introduced on November 14. The tests were run on Dell notebook with dual-processor and 1GB of RAM. Officers tried to test various scenarios laboratory testing both before and after installing SP1 using Wednesday DMS Clarity Studio for capture and transmission results in the repository exo.repository.

• To measure performance in office applications, we used a script DMS Clarity Studio OfficeBench, which consistently performs a number of pre-conceived operations in Microsoft Office 2007 (in particular the creation of complex documents, spreadsheets and presentations).

• In order to carry out tests, we used to multitasking ADO, MAPI and WMP-ins, which have used mnogoprotsessnoy loading scenarios with the participation of client / server database and multimedia streaming.

Test Results

During the test OfficeBench we paid attention to a minor difference (~ 2%) between Vista RTM version and the version with SP1 installed in the latter. All specifications, which was done comparison, were comparable, and the difference in the results could calculate mathematical error.

Results in multitasking scenarios were also comparable: the difference in the use of modules and ADO MAPI amounted to approximately 1% in the SP1. As in OfficeBench testing, the results of measurements of the characteristics of the processor, memory and I / O were virtually identical in both configurations.

Conclusion

After intensive testing RTM and SP1 versions of Windows Vista, it becomes apparent that the long-awaited dream of increasing productivity Vista, which Microsoft promised not come true. The combination of Vista SP1 + faster than Vista RTM.

If you are dissatisfied with the current performance Windows Vista, the humble with it. SP1 no panacea, which was supposed to be. In the end, it's simple architecture Vista, rather than the absence of a thin or fine-tuning admitted mistakes in the code, as thinks the bulk of users, resulting in low productivity Vista on computers on which Windows XP performance has been so good.