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Xp Vs. Vista

Posted on: Monday, 3 December 2007, 15:00 CST

XP vs. VISTA

XP is faster than Vista and getting faster, according to a new report on the Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Devil Mountain Software, a Florida company that tracks computer performance for financial service companies, found that Vista performed 50 to 100 percent slower than the prevalent XP Service Pack 2.

The company also got its hands on early versions of the new Service Packs due out next year for both operating systems. The result? Vista Service Pack 1 barely improved performance, while XP Service Pack 3 ran about 10 percent faster than the XP SP2 .

That's not good news for the not-yet-year-old Vista, but Microsoft said it's too early to evaluate the two service packs.

GOOGLOPOLIS

Three more signs that Google plans to take over the world came last week:

1. Google is preparing a service that would let users store files and documents in its growing array of server farms, according to The Wall Street Journal. Users could access their password-protected files from different computers and mobile devices. The service could push more people to try Internet-based computing and further Google's growing challenge to Microsoft.

2. Turns out Google's free phone directory service Goog 411 isn't just another new way to sell ads. It records users' speech patterns, which are being analyzed to make Google's speech recognition technology smarter. Google is not alone - Microsoft is doing the same thing with its Live Search 411 directory service.

3. In perhaps the biggest sign, Google confirmed that it plans to bid for wireless spectrum in an upcoming government auction, raising the possibility that the Internet's leading search engine will become a wireless service provider. Mobile phone companies now require subscribers to use proprietary software to operate handsets on their networks, but Google plans to challenge that business model. Several weeks ago, it announced it is developing software for mobile devices.

"Consumers deserve more competition and innovation than they have in today's wireless world," Google CEO Eric Schmidt said.

WIRELESS REBELLION

Verizon Wireless, sensing either growing consumer discontent or Google looming, announced last week that it would open its network to outside software and devices other than the ones it currently supports.

FASTER iPHONE

It might be wise to hold off on that iPhone purchase. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson let slip that a 3G version of the popular Apple mobile phone is coming next year.

Perhaps the biggest gripe about the iPhone was that it was saddled with AT&T's s-l-o-w EDGE wireless data network. A 3G iPhone would surf the Web much faster and likely set buyers back more than the iPhone's current $399 price tag.

- Staff and wire reports It might be wise to hold off on that iPhone purchase. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson let slip that a 3G version of the popular Apple mobile phone is coming next year.

Perhaps the biggest gripe about the iPhone was that it was saddled with AT&T's s-l-o-w EDGE wireless data network. A 3G iPhone would surf the Web much faster and likely set buyers back more than the iPhone's current $399 price tag. Verizon Wireless, sensing either growing consumer discontent or Google looming, announced last week that it would open its network to outside software and devices other than the ones it currently supports. Three more signs that Google plans to take over the world came last week:

1. Google is preparing a service that would let users store files and documents in its growing array of server farms, according to The Wall Street Journal. Users could access their password-protected files from different computers and mobile devices. The service could push more people to try Internet-based computing and further Google's growing challenge to Microsoft.

2. Turns out Google's free phone directory service Goog 411 isn't just another new way to sell ads. It records users' speech patterns, which are being analyzed to make Google's speech recognition technology smarter. Google is not alone - Microsoft is doing the same thing with its Live Search 411 directory service.

3. In perhaps the biggest sign, Google confirmed that it plans to bid for wireless spectrum in an upcoming government auction, raising the possibility that the Internet's leading search engine will become a wireless service provider. Mobile phone companies now require subscribers to use proprietary software to operate handsets on their networks, but Google plans to challenge that business model. Several weeks ago, it announced it is developing software for mobile devices.

"Consumers deserve more competition and innovation than they have in today's wireless world," Google CEO Eric Schmidt said. XP is faster than Vista and getting faster, according to a new report on the Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Devil Mountain Software, a Florida company that tracks computer performance for financial service companies, found that Vista performed 50 to 100 percent slower than the prevalent XP Service Pack 2.

The company also got its hands on early versions of the new Service Packs due out next year for both operating systems. The result? Vista Service Pack 1 barely improved performance, while XP Service Pack 3 ran about 10 percent faster than the XP SP2.

That's not good news for the not-yet-year-old Vista, but Microsoft said it's too early to evaluate the two service packs.

Source: Virginian - Pilot

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