Linked by Adam S on Tue 26th Aug 2008 14:55 UTC
What makes this Vista article any different? The title provides a clue: it's as much about providing practical working solutions to resolve some of the commonly-quoted Vista annoyances as anything else. That in itself should give all Vista users a reason to read it. However it doesn't matter whether you use Vista or not, because this article does something that most of the others don't: it takes an objective and up-to-date look at the current state of Vista, with a range of facts, clear examples and informed opinions aimed squarely at debunking a lot of the myths and FUD we've been gagging on for the past year. So for those of you still considering whether to make the switch from XP, for those of you who want to abandon Vista and go back to XP, for those of you who used Vista a while ago and who are wondering whether it's worth using again now - this article puts things in perspective with the latest facts.
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2006-06-03
Actually, No. They improved things slightly, but Zip and Network performance in Vista is still a major fail. I measured Vista zip extraction speed against 7-zip and Winzip. Vista SP0 was 3000% slower. SP1 only 900%. To put this into perspective, on SP0, you'd be waiting almost an hour for a zip file to extract, SP1 would take 15 minutes, while 7-zip only takes 2 minutes.
As for network performance, just try deleting a file on a windows share over a VPN connection. In fact, don't. It would be faster to implement the fabled IP over carrier pidgeon protocol and send your file delete instructions in an email via IPCP.