[Ham-Computers] XP SP3

[Loren Moline WA7SKT]

I pulled Vista off of my laptop and installed XP. Even my Broadcom wireless card connects faster that with Vista. I guess I will turn off my auto updates when I get home. If I can find where to do it.

Loren








> Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:53:20 -0500
> From: jeffv at op.net
> To: ham-computers at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] XP SP3
>
> jandlmiller at bellsouth.net wrote:
>>>From the 02/22/2008 edition of Microsoft Download Notifications, it appears that XP SP3 is quite close to public distribution.
>
> IIRC they just released the beta (Release Candidate).
>
>
> This is a good one to avoid, even for rabid MS fans.
> The business rule of thumb is to wait six months to install the latest
> and greatest, at which point (hopefully) the bugs will be worked out of
> it. Or the first service pack will be out.
>
> This particular pack looks pretty interesting, as XP will get faster,
> compared to Vista, whose pack will actually make it slower. Vista is a
> boat anchor - businesses and consumers are avoiding it in droves.
>
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