http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/ Engadget Comments for Windows XP SP3 goes to manufacturing, will be released April 29th http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 21st 2008 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 21st 2008 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/
Read the article and the corresponding link again?

"No word on if OEMs and devs got access today like we'd heard"]]>Apr 21st 2008 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 21st 2008 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/
where did this nonsense come from?]]>Apr 21st 2008 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/I have a feeling I might have misunderstood your post and am replying to you in a stupid matter, but to what I thought you said, early reports of beta tests of SP3 made XP 10 percent faster than Vista with or without SP1. Pretty nice for the people like me who don't really want to upgrade to vista. ]]>Apr 21st 2008 8:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 21st 2008 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 21st 2008 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/
After installing SP3 on my computer, I saw a considerable rise in Frame-rate in the games I play.

SP3 does bring new optimizations, along with all previous Windows updates. Many of which most people don't even have.

So the performance increase can vary from person to person. But in all cases there will be some what of a performance increase. I can guarantee you that.]]>Apr 22nd 2008 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 23rd 2008 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 21st 2008 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 21st 2008 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 21st 2008 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 22nd 2008 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 21st 2008 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/
I've gone between both OS's.]]>Apr 21st 2008 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 22nd 2008 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 22nd 2008 2:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/
And if you don't want to believe me, at least believe Carmack; he's said this publicly too.]]>Apr 22nd 2008 6:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 22nd 2008 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 21st 2008 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/
"here's hoping that rumored 10 percent speed boost is for real."

Finally... if you add 10% to the speed holes I made in my laptop with an ice pick I'll be getting a 20% speed increase.

Now I just need to get a patch to remove all these black crack-like lines that have appeared on my screen...]]>Apr 21st 2008 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 21st 2008 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gta_4]]>Apr 21st 2008 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 21st 2008 9:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 21st 2008 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 21st 2008 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 21st 2008 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 21st 2008 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/]]>Apr 21st 2008 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 21st 2008 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.fuckinggoogleit.com/]]>Apr 21st 2008 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/
It will be free.]]>Apr 21st 2008 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/
Anything you get for free is just a software patch to fix problems, (either a service pack for Windows or a 0.0.1 upgrade to Mac OS X). The feature set is largely decided with each new paid version of the OS. (In fact, the Sarbaynes Oxley whatever the fuck pretty much ensures this)

That being said, modern OS's come with Apps that are updated from time to time, and those should be free. For example, many expect a new version of iTunes at the next Dev Conference from Apple. iTunes 8 would of course be free, and add many new features.

So when a Mac user says that Leopard 10.5.2 added features, yes, but it was mainly a stabilizing update, like a service pack.

The major difference between Apple and MS is that Apple can make its own hardware, and configure the OS accordingly, so they're much more agile in Software Development. MS serves business customers mainly so must maintain legacy compatibility (which is ironic since... you need a very new computer to run it).]]>Apr 21st 2008 8:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 21st 2008 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 21st 2008 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Just saying...]]>Apr 21st 2008 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 22nd 2008 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/
If anyone has been following the standard MS SP release schedule they would notice that SP3 is actually more then a year late, which if followed would have released SP3 right in the gravy train of Vista sales.

I don't personally think it wouldn't have mattered because people are either going to run Vista or they're not. If they pulled off XP SP3 development to focus on Vista SP1 development because they were afraid XP sales would surge due to SP3 and slump Vista sales temporarily Redmond must not have a very high level of confidence in Vista.

Anyway, SP3 isn't a new idea. I personally have been waiting twiddling my thumbs for about 2 years waiting for it.

All I've got to say that it's about time, and because it's egregiously late it bares the Microsoft symbol of so-so quality! Party at my house! We're all going to have watered down beer, and broken nacho chips to commemorate an occasion such as this.]]>Apr 22nd 2008 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/vista wont have a chance then ever to recover ]]>Apr 21st 2008 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 21st 2008 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 21st 2008 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 21st 2008 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 21st 2008 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/Apr 21st 2008 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/
While we're at it, you know Windows 95, hell, Windows 2 would run lightning fast on your PC? How about we go back to using these?]]>Apr 22nd 2008 2:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/
Why are you turning it down on a fast rig like that? It'll work fine if the video card is even mediocre.]]>Apr 22nd 2008 3:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/
It's not ironic, XP gets SP3, and a proposed speed increase, just in time for sales to be discontinued. Don't fool yourself, Microsoft is scandalous like that.

Sure, you can purchase 25 OEM licenses if you're a white-box builder that carries a System Builder License, and sure you can purchase Vista Business or Ultimate and use the downgrade option but honestly, Do you really want what ends up to be a hybrid OS? The product you end up with isn't pure XP. For those of you who have a history in Windows, downgrading Vista to XP is a kin to the kind of ish you end up with after you take Windows 2000 and slap on an XP upgrade, or worse Windows 98 w/ a 2000 upgrade.

It just doesn't work, historically, or in the future.

Microsoft is a scandalous company, and they know it. They don't deserve the place they hold in the Desktop OS market.]]>Apr 22nd 2008 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/
You're right, they don't deserve their success, even though they've managed to standardize over 90% of the computers in the world with intuitive operating systems and shrewd business decisions. It must have just been a fucking fluke, man.]]>Apr 22nd 2008 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/21/windows-xp-sp3-goes-to-manufacturing-will-be-released-april-29t/
You missed my point, Mr. Vista. I don't think Ballmer is hiring ball lickers at this time, try back later.]]>Apr 23rd 2008 9:14AM