Adrian over at ZDNet has completed an in-depth comparison of installing Windows Vista SP1 and some of them are as follows:
Overall, the system feels quicker. There’s a snappy feeling to carrying out tasks (although this system was no slouch under Vista RTM!).
Navigating network shares is a lot faster.
Remote Desktop Connection is a lot better - I can connect to remote machines faster and the experience is noticeably better.
There has been no change to the Windows Experience Index scale - 5.9 is still the top ceiling of the scale.
Recovering from sleep is faster and the system is up and ready to use quicker.
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