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32bit Win7 Vs. Vista Vs. XP

Posted by kdawson on from the getting-a-feel-for-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "ZDNet's Adrian Kingsley-Hughes tested the latest Win7 build against XP and Vista and came to a surprising conclusion: Win7 performs better than the other 2 OSs in the vast majority of the 23 tasks tested. Even installation. 'Rather than publish a series of benchmark results for the three operating systems (something which Microsoft frowns upon for beta builds, not to mention the fact that the final numbers only really matter for the release candidate and RTM builds), I've decided to put Windows 7, Vista and XP head-to-head in a series of real-world tests...'" This review shows only a 1-2-3 ranking for each test, so there's no sense of the quantitative level of improvement.

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  1. Re:win7 rocks by 3vi1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    A friend showed me build 7000 for the first time a few minutes ago.

    It blue screens in kl1.sys and reboots the whole system every time he tries to register the Kapersky AV it nagged him to install.

    I'm showing him Kubuntu 9.04 alpha 2 now, but I haven't found a way to show him a crash.

  2. My benchmarking scheme by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Windows Vista 3rd
    Windows XP 2nd
    Windows 7 1st

    Windows 7 wins... it uses the least number of letters.

  3. Re:I question the results. by mrsteveman1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Take results with a grain of salt

    Salt is forbidden by the EULA......and my doctor.

  4. Re:I question the results. by Anpheus · · Score: 5, Funny

    And they say Linux isn't ready for regular users.

  5. The devil is in the details by westlake · · Score: 3, Funny
    I have 3GB of Ram. Vista is far slower than XP on my machine.

    Explain to me why this rates a +3 "Informative" mod when the poster tells us absolutely nothing more about his system, his applications, or how he uses his machine.

  6. Re:I question the results. by HappySmileMan · · Score: 3, Funny

    Of course it is, but the newbies have to suffer a reboot, only the elite get to keep their uptime even while updating graphics card drivers.