XP SP3

[Hunter]

Yep, it's out.  And yep, it's as bad as I thought it might be.  But not as bad as I feared.

The idiot prompts that Vista shows don't seem to be present.  But it does slow the computer down some.

[Jester]

So why would someone install it?

[Hunter]

Why would someone use Vista?

[MissJ]

why should someone use windows? hehe

Anyway is there anything positive about sp3? or at least obviously better then sp2?

[Hunter]

Not that I've found, at least not yet.

[The Overlord]

But it does slow the computer down some.

How much is it pulling in way of resources?

[ZK]

I haven't found it slowing down my PC one bit with XP SP3. All it does is adds some new security and such. And fixes a few minor bugs.

[Majere Dreavan]

yay
why im running ubuntu...

[Trieste]

Apologies for resurrecting this from May, but since it's here, might as well use it.

Given what I've heard about SP3, I hadn't bothered to get it, though now I'm getting update prompts to install it. Has anyone else tried it? I've heard nary a ripple about SP3 since May, and I'm curious to know if people feel that it's been ironed out, or if it's still a bother. Google tells me very little other than what Windows released publically about it... which sort of seems like reading war propaganda to educate oneself about the Army. Yeah.

Opinions?

[ZK]

In honesty, it all depends on your system rig when it comes to any OS. For example, Vista Premium 64 doesn't suck if you have a dual-core (required) to what I have, a quad-core with four+ gigs of RAM. It all really depends on what hardware you have. As for SP3, I haven't heard anything wrong with it; from my experiences and those I know who have it as well. So, try it. It is always possible to downgrade a service pack you know.

[NightBird]

FWIW, I gave in and installed it today on two mid-range computers (laptop and desktop) that are 2-4 years old, and both are actually running faster.

Quite a relief, as I'm not going anywhere near VISTA until I can afford to buy high-end hardware, which won't be for quite some time. If I wasn't so pleased with McAfee's networking software and its ability to automatically do key rotation, I'd likely change away from Windows altogether.