Vista SP1: Both faster and slower

We try and stay as clear from the FUD as possible here, so you’re not going to see statements like “OMG Vista SP1 is even slower” here, like you might on other sites.

Anyway, according to tests performed by PCWorld, SP1 is a strange beast with mixed performance:

The first thing I noticed during the installation process was Windows Vista’s friendly warning that the installation might take an hour or more.

They performed several tests on several different machines to conclude:

these mixed results do show some promise–and also show that your experience with SP1 may vary depending upon the system configuration

Perhaps not the blessing people waiting on SP1 to upgrade to Vista were looking for, especially when paired with the recent news that SP1 would need new drivers for certain hardware.