Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 13th May 2008 07:08 UTC
Windows XP SP3, the final service pack for Windows XP, was released to manufacturing a few weeks ago, and popped up on Windows Update about a week later. Even though the service pack is rather light on actual new features, it still caused a few problems for some users. Despite these problems, some benchmarks show that while SP3 delivers better performance compared to XP SP2, Microsoft seems to have solved many performance issues with Vista, turning the company's latest OS offering into the better choice for gaming - according to ExtremeTech.
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I've literally done virus/spyware cleanups that were less time-consuming than trying to remove all the pre-installed crap from a Dell/Acer/HP machine.
The worse part about these applications, they're not even remotely useful in the slightest. Now, if all the software they bundled were full versions, then it would be a great value. Imagine getting a full version of Nero ultimate (or what ever their super deluxe model is called) - for example.
The thinkpad I have was surprisingly crap free - it was loaded with Windows Vista Basic and hardly any other software - so it ran surprisingly well. As mentioned arstechnica battlefront, I pointed out that what Microsoft needs is a 'gold partner' programme to really lift the quality of integration out there.