vista-file-copy-sp1 to rtm Vista News Discuss vista-file-copy-sp1 to rtm in the Windows Vista forums; http://www.istartedsomething.com/200...p1-comparison/ But it wouldn’t be a good story without a twist. Vista RTM may have started slow and appeared slow throughout the ...

[Snuffy]

http://www.istartedsomething.com/200...p1-comparison/

But it wouldn’t be a good story without a twist. Vista RTM may have started slow and appeared slow throughout the file copying operation, it actually only took 3 seconds longer to copy the first file. Unexpectedly the progress bar just zooms to the finish line in the final seconds. Of course in the second test, the problem becomes rather obvious and there is a clear advantage in SP1.

Update 2: I have since redone the entire test with the feedback received. First, no more Virtual PC. The Vista SP1 install is now running natively in a seperate partition. Secondly, I’ve added a second test copying hundreds of smaller files. The result is again positive with SP1 finishing ahead of RTM by nearly a minute.

Version used : SP1 (6001.16659)