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Performance Tests Show Early Windows 7 Build Beats Vista

Posted by timothy on from the room-for-improvement dept.

The Other A.N. Other writes "How does the latest build of Windows 7 stack up against Windows Vista? The answer seems to be very well if the benchmarks run by ZDNet are anything to go by. If Microsoft keeps up the good then Windows 7 should be head and shoulders better than Vista. 'What we have here is one set of data points for one particular system, but I think that the results are very promising. The fact that Windows 7 comes out on top in three out of four of these tests at this early stage is very promising indeed. The boot time and PCMark Vantage results are particularly good.'"

6 of 534 comments (clear)

  1. Don't worry, it's not done yet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft still has plenty of time to slow it down.

  2. Congratulations! by jcr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Let's all give MS a pat on the back for clearing such a low bar.

    -jcr

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  3. First Post by EEBaum · · Score: 5, Funny

    First Post! But I posted it with Vista, so it may actually show up a bit later.

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  4. Handbasket brake lever found by Bastard+of+Subhumani · · Score: 5, Funny

    Things are improving. Or at least, the rate at which they're going to hell is decreasing.

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  5. Defrag the hard drive? by whoever57 · · Score: 5, Funny
    He comments:

    No optimizations were carried out other than to process idle tasks and defrag the hard drive between each test.

    People still defragment hard drives? NTFS isn't resistant to fragmentation?

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  6. The only relevant benchmark... by billybob_jcv · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...is how long it takes for the first security hole to be found...