Performance Results Mixed with Vista Service Pack 1

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Performance Results Mixed with Vista Service Pack 1

Files copied faster in our initial tests, but other performance was slightly slower with the SP1 installed.

Melissa J. Perenson, PC World

Wednesday, February 06, 2008 10:07 PM PST

Microsoft's newly released Service Pack 1 may solve some of the performance glitches that have annoyed Windows Vista users and discouraged others from

adopting the OS, but it doesn't appear from our initial tests to be a panacea.

In our first tests of the service pack, file copying, one of the main performance-related complaints from Vista users, was significantly faster.

But other tests showed little improvement and in two tests, our experience was actually a little better without the service pack installed than with it.

Service Pack 1 was released to manufacturing yesterday, and officially sent out to reviewers today (Service Pack 1 was also unofficially

unleashed today on BitTorrent, too). Service Pack 1 will be available to users in March, as a download; Microsoft plans to have

SP1 integrated into Windows Vista at retail as well, but could not give a timeline on how quickly the update will be included

in the retail version of Vista.

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