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		NicoJuicy on Oct 15, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ghost Launches to The Public SP 3 is free (Service Packs) and it's just because the .Net framework requires SP3. So actually, XP = XP SP3.

ameoba on Oct 15, 2013 [–]

Yes, it's free but that doesn't mean it's painless. Going to SP2 and SP3 broke backwards compatibility with some drivers and software. It increased the RAM/CPU requirements for running the OS comfortably. They weren't just harmless stacks of collected bug fixes.

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