Comments on: Windows XP SP3: No, Really, It’s Not Ready http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5537 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Tue, 13 May 2008 23:29:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: I Hate Morons! http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5537#comment-662648 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:15:39 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5537#comment-662648 Hey m4ko - You're full of crap - there is a HUGE performance increase after installing SP3 - obviously you haven't installed it and tried it - but that didn't stop you from foisting your uninformed opinion on us, did it??? Don't get me wrong, I HATE M$, but this fixes a lot of OS infrastructure issues that really should have been fixed BEFORE it was released in the first place, but hen again, that is not M$ business Modus Operandi, is it??? Hey m4ko -

You’re full of crap - there is a HUGE performance increase after installing SP3 - obviously you haven’t installed it and tried it - but that didn’t stop you from foisting your uninformed opinion on us, did it???

Don’t get me wrong, I HATE M$, but this fixes a lot of OS infrastructure issues that really should have been fixed BEFORE it was released in the first place, but hen again, that is not M$ business Modus Operandi, is it???

]]> by: m4ko http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5537#comment-623448 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:30:14 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5537#comment-623448 Erm.. guys.. SP3 adds only minor funcitons. Its just all Hotfixes together in 1 package. You were waiting for that? You are angry that SP1 of Vista came first? Do you love Hotfix-Collections so much??? Erm.. guys.. SP3 adds only minor funcitons. Its just all Hotfixes together in 1 package. You were waiting for that? You are angry that SP1 of Vista came first? Do you love Hotfix-Collections so much???

]]> by: Skot http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5537#comment-621853 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:17:28 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5537#comment-621853 You all bitch and moan about SP3 taking so long but look at what happened with a rushed SP2? You all pissed and moaned about its horrendous hive of bugs. Maybe MS just does not want to repeat that? You all bitch and moan about SP3 taking so long but look at what happened with a rushed SP2? You all pissed and moaned about its horrendous hive of bugs. Maybe MS just does not want to repeat that?

]]> by: John Corliss http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5537#comment-621474 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:33:05 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5537#comment-621474 It's my intention that when the final really-for-real release of XP SP3 comes out, I will back up my data and then fdisk my hard drive, format it and then do a fresh install of Windows, my drivers and my programs. Then I'll install SP3. Why mess around and run the risk of problems? Just M2CW. It’s my intention that when the final really-for-real release of XP SP3 comes out, I will back up my data and then fdisk my hard drive, format it and then do a fresh install of Windows, my drivers and my programs. Then I’ll install SP3.

Why mess around and run the risk of problems?

Just M2CW.

]]> by: LZW http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5537#comment-620841 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:26:25 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/5537#comment-620841 We XP users have come except that we are the lowest priority on the microsoft update schedule. After SP2, we waited a couple years and even seen many hotfixes labeled as pre-sp3 but realized they must be busy working on vista... Vista came and went but we still did not get our long awaited SP3! Now we hear we just have to wait for vista-sp1 and xp-sp3 will surely follow. Well, vista SP1 is here!!!! Isn't it??? Anyone notice that all of these years since xp-sp2, we could not get sp3 because they were busy with vista yet some how they managed to roll out an entire new windows server 2008 during that busy vista time? If you use XP like me, welcome to the bottom of the totem pole... We XP users have come except that we are the lowest priority on the microsoft update schedule.

After SP2, we waited a couple years and even seen many hotfixes labeled as pre-sp3 but realized they must be busy working on vista… Vista came and went but we still did not get our long awaited SP3! Now we hear we just have to wait for vista-sp1 and xp-sp3 will surely follow.

Well, vista SP1 is here!!!! Isn’t it???

Anyone notice that all of these years since xp-sp2, we could not get sp3 because they were busy with vista yet some how they managed to roll out an entire new windows server 2008 during that busy vista time?

If you use XP like me, welcome to the bottom of the totem pole…

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