Computerworld has posted an article that the Windows XP SP3 makes the operating system much faster than exptected.

“We were pleasantly surprised to discover that Windows XP SP3 delivers a measurable performance boost to this aging desktop OS,” said Devil Mountain’s chief technology officer, Craig Barth, in a blog post.

“Since SP3 was supposed to be mostly a bug-fix/patch consolidation release, the unexpected speed boost comes as a nice bonus. In fact, XP SP3 is shaping up to be a ‘must-have’ update for the majority of users who are still running Redmond’s not-so-latest and greatest desktop OS,” he added.

The company’s test include how Office 2007 runs. The specification of the laptop where they tested its performance has a 1 GB RAM and a 2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor.

Source: COMPUTERWORLD