Sp3 = +25% ?

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Originally Posted by Tbag

Isn't XP limited to 3GB of memory? If so, this will be the limiting factor for XPs lifespan in my opinion. 2GB are becoming standard right now, for gamers anyway.

Yes, but most games will stay optimized for 2GB of ram for the simple reason most people do not run 64bit OS. I personally run XP Pro 64bit but even to this day its not fully supported and its not marketed very well either and almost feels abandoned at times. By the way Vista 32bit has the same capacity as XP 32bit so unless everyone starts running out and buy 64bit versions you have nothing to worry about concerning RAM limitations.

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Originally Posted by heywooood

I was bitten by both dogs...ME and Vista....they are identical POS's

ME got me as well...lol. Although I never purchased Vista I have worked on several PCs that ran it and I concur with your analysis.

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Much ado about nothing.

This is a PC Magazine review of the SP3 Beta:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2200774,00.asp

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I just got a laptop with Vista Premium 32bit. TBH all I see is a more resource heavy, repainted version of XP. I dont see any point to Vista UNLESS its 64bit as there is ZERO benefits to 32bit Vista. I also have both the RC's for Vista and my XP Pro Desktop. I saw nothing new or exciting in the XP SP3 nor did I feel it ran any faster( I mean I am very diligent about keeping up to date so it seems like its just a rollup of all the updates I probably already had anyway.

@Havok: You have been left out in the cold with XP 64bit. As far as was concerned it was just a guinea pig testbed for 64bit functionality before they committed it to Vista.

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From: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2200774,00.asp

SP3 may well be the end of the line for XP service packs—Microsoft's mainstream support for the OS ends in 2009, although extended support will run through 2014. That's not to say that there isn't plenty of room for improvement in the now venerable XP. My wish list includes new functionality (such as the ability, in Windows Explorer, to switch between folder and favorites views and to navigate folders from the locations field), along with better memory management—especially for multimedia production programs—and stronger built-in security. A few overhauls wouldn't be out of place, either, particularly of utilities such as Backup and Paint and all those other things that have been lying around largely unchanged since the original XP and even before. Actually, this would be a good time to introduce a few of Vista's user interface upgrades, if only to make XP users look longingly towards the newer OS.

Alas, that's not what SP3 delivers.

LOL...no because those exact "improvements" are in VISTA...LOL