It's a fact. Based on studies performed, Windows Vista SP1 is more responsive when rebooting on several common business and home operations. In addition, Windows Vista SP1 was also more responsive during file operations testing.1
Windows Vista® vs. Windows XPStudies show that Windows Vista® SP1 performs better overall than Windows XP. Take a look at the comparison and see the differences between Windows Vista® with SP1 and Windows XP for yourself.
Fast Sleep and Resume
The majority of Windows Vista-based PCs boot in less than a minute2, which can be an improvement over Windows XP boot times.
And the new Windows Vista® with SP1 sleep and resume features can bring your PC to life in a snap—in fact,
the vast majority of all Windows Vista-based PCs resume from sleep in less than 6 seconds.3
Plugging in memory is a cool way to add speed, but it's not the only way Windows Vista® with SP1 is faster. Out of the box, Windows Vista® with SP1 performs as well, or better, than Windows XP on common home and business tasks1. Windows Vista® with SP1 users generally experience 20 percent fewer application "hangs" than those running Windows XP.4
More Confidence Surrounding PC Safety
One aspect of security can be measured in terms of vulnerabilities, or, in a nutshell, how many "holes" an operating system has.
Based on their first year of availability, Windows Vista® has been shown to have fewer vulnerabilities than Windows XP or MacOS X 10.45.
In fact, Windows Vista® with SP1 security has improved so much that PCs running it are 60 percent less likely to be infected with viruses, worms, and rootkits than PCs running Windows XP SP2. And Windows Vista-based PCs are over 90 percent less likely to be infected than systems running Windows XP without a Service Pack6. And the experts agree: "Vista is arguably the most secure closed-source OS available on the market."7
Safer Online ExperienceToday's most dangerous online threats are based on social engineering, a practice of tricking you into trusting a fake website that you shouldn't. These are called phishing attacks. Luckily, Windows Vista® with SP1 was built from the ground up to protect you from phishing, and Internet Explorer 78 is now blocking nearly 1 million attempts to access these fake sites per week9. Here's some more data: New phishing attacks are more than 25 times as common as new viruses10. That's right, over 20,000 of these fake websites are created every month11, and web surfers lost over $3.2 billion to them in 200712. Good reasons to get Windows Vista® SP1 with Internet Explorer.7
Safer, more reliable, more fun. Windows Vista® with SP1. The more people use Windows Vista, the more they like it. So dig in and learn even more about the new features in Windows Vista. Once you've tried it, you'll see.
1. Find any file with a few quick clicks
Save time by instantly tracking down any document, photo, e-mail message, song, video, file, or program on your PC using Instant Search. Just open the Start menu and begin typing in the Instant Search box—and voila! Your search results are there instantly!
2. See everything you have open at a glance
Flip through all your open files and browser windows with a simple click of your mouse using Windows Flip 3DA—you're just one click away from everything you're working on. Plus, in Windows Aero, you can see thumbnail images of the windows you have open without having to expand them.
3. Keep photos organized—and ready to share
Now you can tag your photos with a date, keyword, rating, or any label you choose—making it easier to find them quickly in the Windows Photo Gallery. You can also use Photo Gallery to fix and edit photos, then share them with family and friends through slideshows, e-mail, or prints.
4. Create a custom movie without a fine arts degree
Be an amateur director! Making a great home movie just got easier. Use Windows Movie Maker to blend videos and photos into a rich movie, complete with your own soundtrack, titles, and credits.
5. Keep track of your music—and play it anywhere
You can easily browse through and play your entire music library in Windows Media Player 11. Create new playlists of your favorite tracks with a single click. Plus, easily synchronize your portable music device, or share the contents of your entire library with other computers on your home network or with digital media devices such as Xbox 360.
6. Surf multiple waves of the web at once
You can open multiple webpages in one window and easily click between them with the tabbed browsing feature in Internet Explorer 7—plus, you can see thumbnail images of all your open webpages at a glance with Quick Tabs.
7. Record and watch TV on your time
Watch TV on your own schedule. Through your PC's TV tuner13, you can record, watch, and pause live television on your desktop or mobile PC using Windows Media Center.
8. Bring your TV and PC together—and take home entertainment to a new level
Connect your PC to one or more televisions in your home using a Windows Media Center Extender like Xbox 360, and enjoy all your digital entertainment on the big screen.
9. Keep the things you need most at your fingertips
Now you can put mini-applications called gadgets right on your desktop, where you can see and use them whenever the mood strikes. Just use the Windows Sidebar pane to store and organize your favorite gadgets.
10. Help keep your family safer
Now you can set boundaries on what your family can do on the PC to give them a safer experience, using the centralized Parental Controls in Windows Vista. Plus, protect your PC and your personal information with built-in security tools like Windows Defender and anti-spam and phishing filters.
Some product features are only available in certain editions of Windows Vista and may require advanced or additional hardware.
1 See the full study at www.principledtechnologies.com/clients/reports/Microsoft/Microsoft.htm.
2 80%. Based on Microsoft internal data collected through the Customer Experience Improvement program. Your computer may continue to launch startup programs in the background after you log in.
3 86%. Based on Microsoft internal data collected through the Customer Experience Improvement program.
4 Based on Microsoft internal data collected through the Customer Experience Improvement program.
5 "Windows Vista One Year Vulnerability Report," pages 17-19, by Jeff Jones. Full disclosure: Jones is a Security Strategy Director in Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing group, and he is widely recognized as an expert in computer security. The full report is available at Windows Vista One Year Vulnerability Report.
6 Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, Key Findings Summary. (Jan-June 2007.) The full report is available at www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4EDE2572-1D39-46EA-94C6-4851750A2CB0&displaylang=en#filelist.
7 Halvar Flake, Saber Security. blogs.technet.com/bluehat/archive/2007/09/28/vista-and-vigilance.aspx.
8 Internet Explorer 7 is also available as a separate download for Windows XP.
9 Microsoft internal data.
10 Based on an estimated count of 763 viruses reported in November 2007. Secunia. secunia.com/chronological_virus_list.
11 Activity Trends. Anti-Phishing Working Group, July 2007.
12 According to surveyed consumers in Gartner, Inc. "Phishing Attacks Escalate, Morph and Cause Considerable Damage," by Avivah Litan, December 13, 2007.
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