Vista, which is now more than 2x slower than the most current builds of its older sibling. Suffice to say that performance-minded users will likely choose to stick with the now even speedier Windows XP [sp3]


The new laptop I ordered is coming with XP – just not worth the hassle of switching when XP, IMO, is still a great OS.

Link:
http://…/windows-xp-sp3-yields-performance-gains.html

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