exo.blog
has at the request of their members re-run the original OfficeBench test,
this time with 2GB of RAM in the test system. Unfortunately the outcome is
unchanged bar a 4% improvement on the previous score.
One can argue that Windows
XP system requirements are quite a bit lower than its successor, and thats
probably got a lot to do with it. This, coupled with claims that Vista SP1 will
not improve on performance but will in fact be all about stability and
reliability instead, doesn't offer much hope for those people on older systems.