That may be so, but according to a Florida performance testing software developer, XP SP3 is not only 10% faster than XP SP2, but more than twice as fast as Vista SP1, claims that Microsoft disparaged within days. "Windows XP SP3 does not bring significant portions of Windows Vista functionality to Windows XP," she said. In a white paper posted to its Web site last week, the company praised Windows Vista at XP's expense, reminding users that Vista boasted beefed-up security, for instance. Recently, Microsoft downplayed the significance of Windows XP SP3. She also confirmed that the final version of Windows XP SP3 remains slated for delivery in the first half of 2008. "As this is a release candidate, we strongly encourage only those who are comfortable installing pre-release code to download Windows XP SP3," said the spokeswoman. The download weighed in at about 336MB, but when SP3 is offered through Windows Update, the installation file will be much smaller - around 70MB.Įven though the release candidate can be installed by anyone running XP SP2, Microsoft warned off casual users from trying the preview. "XP SP3 2ill be added to WU in 1H '08," she said in an e-mail late Tuesday.
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