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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.'"

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  1. Re:Don't worry, it's not done yet by tuxgeek · · Score: 0, Troll

    My thoughts exactly. This is Microsoft we're talking about here. They won't ship it until it's so bloated it will barely run on the next generation super computer.

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  2. Re:Parent is actually insightful. by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 0, Troll

    Microsoft: "Ohhhhh....you wanted it work with the Intel SATA controller in your laptop? You'll need to spend another $50 to get the Driver Pack (tm)!"
    You: *!~*&()~!~!

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  3. Re:Vista Perf == XP Perf Retard by Curunir_wolf · · Score: 0, Troll

    Umm, that's nearly two years old. Initially Vista performance was worse primarily because of crappy driver support, especially on the part of nVidia, which has been well documented. Benchmarks done a year after release found Vista and XP roughly equal, with Vista occasionally beating XP.

    Are you just making stuff up? Did you not see in the article the benchmarks clearly show Vista SP1 *underperforming* Vista RTM?

    Oh... wait. uhh... RTFA.

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  4. Re:Hogwash by SlowMovingTarget · · Score: 1, Troll

    I seriously doubt any OS can outperform Vista. I mean, really guys, come on.

    I have to agree, I don't think any other operating system will beat Vista's portrayal of a demotivated snail.