XP SP3 Release Candidate Goes To MSDN

[HardOCP News]

The latest version of Microsoft’s Windows XP Service Pack 3 has been made available to all Microsoft Developer Network and TechNet subscribers. The expected ship date for the XP SP3 is still 2H 2008. For Vista owners, a public test build of Vista SP1 is expected to hit next week.

Microsoft is still on track to ship the final XP SP3 in the first half of calendar 2008. XP SP3 is a rollup of all previously released XP updates, according to Microsoft, “including security updates, out-of-band releases, and hotfixes.”

 

[HAF72]

The latest version of Microsoft’s Windows XP Service Pack 3 has been made available to all Microsoft Developer Network and TechNet subscribers. The expected ship date for the XP SP3 is still 2H 2008. For Vista owners, a public test build of Vista SP1 is expected to hit next week.

yea saw that xp sp3 thing in the email ms sent me yesterday , oh I heard that the new sp1 for vista only has an improvement of 1-2%.. is that true?

 

[tazzmissionx]

I have not herad good things about Vista SP1, however XP SP3 users were reporting around 10% performance increase.

 

[Azhar]

I guess some of us will find out next week

 

[InorganicMatter]

So wait...is this the real thing? As in, the final gold release candidate?

 

[Azhar]

So wait...is this the real thing? As in, the final gold release candidate?

I doubt it. Patches are rolled out all the time from Microsoft and 3rd party vendors. So much can be added to SP3 between now and 2H 2008.

(snip) The expected ship date for the XP SP3 is still 2H 2008 (snip)

 

[xxaaqq]

Actually the quote and the article say "first half" or 1H...

 

[FLECOM]

yay that means i wont have to do 98 updates after installing a new XP SP2 machine

 

[MrMike]

I've tried Vista SP1 after cloning the drive on my second rig, and I don't really see any performance difference. I don't have any XP rigs left at home, but I suppose it could kill some time while at work.

In all seriousness though, SP3 for XP 32-bit. I don't run a 32-bit OS on a computer unless I have to. With the prices of RAM, I don't understand why anyone does on a performance rig.

So wait...is this the real thing? As in, the final gold release candidate?

If it was final, then it wouldn't be a release candidate. The last release candidate of a product is generally rather close to the final, but it is not exactly the same.

yay that means i wont have to do 98 updates after installing a new XP SP2 machine

Seriously. This is the reason I care about it.

 

[kittmaster]

Lovely, a service crack.....hopefully it doesn't break other things in the process.

 

[messerchmidt]

looks to improve things. 10% speed boost too.

service cracks always break a few things.you guys know that, LOL

hopefully they will not put in anymore wga piss-offs in this like they do in vista