That has been my experience. As much as I like Vista, Google Desktop is
always faster and it works great on XP.

"SearchCrazy" <SearchCrazy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>
> Microsoft should have a search technology in Vista that is better than MSN
> Desktop Search or at least equivelant!!. Unfortunately, MSN Desktop Search
> was way better than Vista Search in all aspects: performance, accuracy,
> showing results, etc. I don't know what is wrong with the development
> team!
> It seems to me they are using a totally different search technology than
> the
> great MSN Desktop Search technology! Why don't they just use the same
> technology rather than starting over from the scratch?! I don't know..
>
> The way I used to browse search results under MSN Desktop Search was MUCH
> BETTER than the search results window in Vista. Additionally, Vista Search
> is
> EXTREMELY SLOW compared to MSN Desktop Search! (In many cases searching
> for
> documents manually is much faster!!!).
>
> The worst part is the incompatibility between MSN Desktop Search and
> Vista!
> It just does not install on Vista. So, you've got two options only: the
> very
> slow Vista Search or the un-integrated but VERY FAST Google Desktop
> Search!
> Oh sorry, there is a third option: Go back to Windows XP and use MSN
> Desktop
> Search.
>
> As a VERY HEAVY MSN Desktop Search user, I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED with Vista
> Search. I know that many people will be stunned by Vista Search because
> most
> of them never used a desktop search technology! But I bet that Google
> Desktop
> users will continue using Google Desktop Search even if they upgrade to
> Vista. But MSN Desktop users (like me and you) will see themselves under
> very
> tough "search" situation: very slow Vista, un-integrated Google or back to
> XP!
>
> From this Discussion Group I AM ASKING WINDOWS VISTA TEAM to compare the
> performance of Vista Search to MSN Desktop Search or even to Google
> Desktop
> Search. Remember, In search, performance is EVERYTHING.You guys need to
> squeeze the performance to the maximum. You need to get VERY SMART
> algorithms
> to handle search! I know you can do it! But you MUST do it very fast
> because
> people will not wait forever!
>
> "henrik" wrote:
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>> I really don't believe this, but when upgrading from XP with MSN search
>> to
>> Vista I get substantially slower search, with bad results;
>> - does not index network drives (although they are added in search-CP)
>> - very slow - you don't get instant results, but wait 20-60 seconds
>>
>> Henrik
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