Comments on: Vista SP1 vs Server 2008 as a desktop OS: more comparisons

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:34:09 +0000

Clive: I think you meant “faster but not more”. I just finished benchmarking my Vista64 install to a Vista32 install on the same drive, Vista64 came out ~18.5% ahead of Vista32. It is indeed true that there are less drivers though.

By: John H

John H — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:14:55 +0000

Great review. Thanks for the info!

By: TJ @ Smartblogtips

TJ @ Smartblogtips — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:02:28 +0000

nice review and comparison. thanks. i was confused over it and wanted to decide…

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:07:09 +0000

Have you checked for differences in these keys?

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management

By: Dale

Dale — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:35:53 +0000

According to win2008workstation.com, you should actually enable Superfetch on Workstation 2008 to enhance performance of your desktop applications (since most servers run just a single application, I wouldn’t think Superfetch would be necessary in that mode). Did you run any tests with that enabled?

BTW, one additional benefit of running Server 2008: built-in hypervisor. I use it to run WinXP x86 for apps that won’t run in x64 (like the f#@%$^+! CheckPoint VPN client I need for work).

By: Kirk

Kirk — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:39:25 +0000

I know a few companies now are running and selling dedicated windows 2008 servers. Server Intellect even has a fully managed solutions which we run. It is a good core OS and will get strong over time like all the other pryor OS’s I mean look at XP it is now a very stable OS.

By: Dimitris Krekoukias

Dimitris Krekoukias — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:49:33 +0000

Check out my website for I/O benchmarks that use the memory subsystem a lot. 2008 was significantly faster than Vista SP1 (both 64-bit). I haven’t figured out what causes the difference.

By: Clive

Clive — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:24:55 +0000

That will give me more but not faster. I have played with all oses including 64 bit. Some stuff wont run on Vista 64 bit. Ill stick with Server 2008 32 bit as workstation.

By: Narg

Narg — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:06:23 +0000

Clive, if you want Vista to have better memory performance, use the 64-bit version.

By: Clive

Clive — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:02:44 +0000

As has been shown, there is a 33% speed increase in memory operations which isnt accounted for by services. Mabe its because Server 2008 dosnt have DRM or Media Centre?