I'd made the switch a few weeks ago to Windows Server 2008 after my Vista installation finaly started crapping out on me. (and I needed to do some specialized script debugging) I'm not 100% positive that the improvements I'm now experiencing are directly due to some under-the-cover improvements in Server 2008, or if it's just a clean OS install with more up-to-date drivers. But it does feel *almost* better/faster. This website (http://www.win2008workstation.com/) has detailed all the wonderful tweaks and bits to install so that you can have all the "benefits" of Vista available to you in Server 2008.

The only problem that I'm having now seems to be that the entire machine seems to hang for a 1/2 second when an app opens a window for the first time. It feels like a DMA delay when the window resource is allocated. Its frustrating only because it causes any MP3 or video I've got playing to stutter and stop for a second or so. I've looked for more up-to-date audio drivers or graphics drivers, since that seems to be the most likely culprit.

Labels: Vista, Windows Server 2008