Windows XP Service Pack 3 Released to Manufacturing

[Jahn]

I see MG has now removed the "Final" notation from this download.

[drhayden1]

The term "release to manufacturing" (RTM) is used by Microsoft and others to indicate when the gold version has been sent to a product manufacturer, in preparation for physical distribution (e.g., DVDs/CDs in retail boxes). RTM can also refer to online distribution, though the term "release to Web" (RTW) is usually used in this context. Typically, RTM happens weeks or months before a public release because of the time needed to produce boxed copies of the product and send them though retail distribution channels.

ok-thanks-now post a picture of your Ferrari

[Hard_ROCKER]

[drhayden1]

off thread related...didn't know you drove a formula one-is it hard to drive on the street
http://www.forza-mag.com/

[timcan]

Hi, downloaded from major geeks and installed. Seems ok here.   

[Splinter hell]

Xp sp3 is faster than the previous releases of Xp and runs smoother than Vista.

[szc]

Xp sp3 is faster than the previous releases of Xp and runs smoother than Vista.

OK... "faster" in which way ?
Accessing files, copying files, transferring over network, simple opening windows... what is actually that is noticeable faster than previous SPs ?

[Rafel]

i have installed SP3, and is fast as SP2.

[FreewheelinFrank]

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has benchmarked the performance differences on his blog (and found "nothing to write home about".

Those who believed that Windows XP Service Pack 3 would provide the aging OS with a performance boost may well be disappointed. My benchmark tests show that the application of XP SP3 makes negligible difference to system performance.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=1747

[bob3160]

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has benchmarked the performance differences on his blog (and found "nothing to write home about".

Those who believed that Windows XP Service Pack 3 would provide the aging OS with a performance boost may well be disappointed. My benchmark tests show that the application of XP SP3 makes negligible difference to system performance.

http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=1747

Speed improvement is only one of the reasons for updating your system.
Security improvements to me are much more important and should be your main reason
for updating Windows XP to the latest version.

[szc]

Speed improvement is only one of the reasons for updating your system.
Security improvements to me are much more important and should be your main reason
for updating Windows XP to the latest version.

Exactly! But even if SP3 makes XP running a bit slower than with SP2 installed, it will still be faster than Vista. XP runs lightning fast on my laptop (ditched Vista finally), and I am looking forward to SP3 just because of all security add-ons. I am aware that it won't bring us any cosmetic or significant performance changes, but at least running XP will be more secure than before.

[drhayden1]

http://techtoday.110mb.com/2008/04/28/windows-xp-sp3-now-available-via-windows-update/
final can now be downloaded from here
doing it now

[drhayden1]

just downloaded it and installed it and doing fine
it is the final version
it took only 25 minutes for the complete process on my end

[drhayden1]

where is the xp service pack 3 on windows updates-suppose to be today-april 29th-anybody  seen it yet

[FreewheelinFrank]

where is the xp service pack 3 on windows updates-suppose to be today-april 29th-anybody  seen it yet

http://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=34934.msg295005#msg295005