[Knitebane]

All he proved is that a 2008ish OS will handle new hardware better than a 2001 OS, it’ll also have newer dates on the files.

Linux Mint - 2008

Windows XP Service Pack 3 - 2008

[boogerbear]

Windows service packs have never included drivers as standard issue. They might have new drivers and you can get them through the update site but they’re not in the SP unless the shipping drivers actually cause crashes, and that would only be a replacement not adding new. And there’s a good reason for that, people already whine the SPs are too big, how much bigger would they get if they added a bunch of possibly not needed drivers.

Windows XP drivers, regardless of SP - 2001