hougtimo Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Hi,Now, from what I have read, I am led to belive that XP MCE is simply XP Pro with an added component. If this is the case, why is it so much better (performance wise) than a standard XP Pro?Don't get me wrong, XP Pro performs fine on my machine, but MCE runs so much better and stabler and also uses a lot less resources. I did read somewhere that MCE uses an updated kernel...could this be it?ThanksHougTimo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flupke Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 XP MCE is just XP Pro with some extra components. It is not better performance wise. It uses the same amount of recources. I don't think it has an updated kernel. Only Windows Server 2003 has an updated kernel. MCE is not faster or more stable than Pro. If you find differences its becasue of the configuration, settings, updates, maybe a fresh install or another version of .NET Framework or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hougtimo Posted April 14, 2006 Author Share Posted April 14, 2006 No, I'm sorry but there is a HUGE difference between the two. I made two identical installs, same hard disk, same amount of services, same page file, same stuff enabled. Pro runs well, but MCE is so much better and stabler too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bledd Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 thats bs, for starters mce adds a few services!are you comparing XPsp2 with mce? -you should be it also has a few of xp's hotfixes pre installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hougtimo Posted April 14, 2006 Author Share Posted April 14, 2006 (edited) Right for those of you who can't / don't understand.I made two unattended disks, both with all current hotfixes installed. The configuration of these two installs are exactly the same.The services I had enabled were:DHCP ClientEvent LogPlug and PlayRemote Procedure CallTask SchedulerThemesWindows AudioWZCWorkstationEverything was configured exactly the same. Same hard disk, same steps taken in the install procedure. Now it is a FACT that MCE does out perform PRO on my setup. I did not come here to deliberately post bul***** around the place. This is the result of extensive tests and benchmark tests run on my system. I cane to find out why this is this way and all you seem to do is tell me i am bulls***ting because it is not an experience you have encountered.So, please accept what I'm saying, ask me to do things, if you can prove that MCE does not perform as well as Pro, tell me how I can find out! Don't just accuse me of lying before you have looked deeper into my system, and how I was running it.HougTimo Edited April 14, 2006 by hougtimo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flupke Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Cool, never knew that! Thanks a lot for your work and tests! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zartach Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Interesting stuff hougtimo,Can you benchmark the install's ? i men how do you see the increase in preformance on your system, just boot time or the time it takes to finish install or application speed?Would like to find out whats making the diffrence, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glent Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Interesting stuff hougtimo,Can you benchmark the install's ? i men how do you see the increase in preformance on your system, just boot time or the time it takes to finish install or application speed?Would like to find out whats making the diffrence,good idea.maybe boot time , and loading time of applications also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 It is possible, but we'd have to have perfmon data of both machines showing disk queue length and disk throughput numbers, memory numbers, processor data, etc. while doing the exact same steps to determine if this is really the case.Anything's possible . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hougtimo Posted April 14, 2006 Author Share Posted April 14, 2006 (edited) For my benchmark tests, i used Passmark's Performance Test 6. While the XP Pro tests came out at just above average for my hardware, the MCE tests showed a marked increase in numerous tests. The most impressive was hard disk access speed which went up by almost a 10th!I will run some more perfmon benchmark tests and give you the result soon.p.s about boot up time ... XP Pro did seem slightly quicker than MCE, but I have no hard evidence either wayHougTimo Edited April 14, 2006 by hougtimo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathwarder Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 I did all of the same things, mce boots twice as fast on my machine, runs with 50megs less memory usage, and accesses the hdd much faster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muiz Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Thats why i use mce tomaybe its cause mce is from 2005 , and xp from 2001 ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deathwarder Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 yeah, I have noticed more changes than just the added component Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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