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- Windows 7 vs. Snow Leopard: Benchmark performance showdown
- iTunes? Quicktime?Let's see--- his tests were largely based on running two Apple apps. And imagine this! The Apple apps did better on Apple hardware. What a surprise!Not.Come on, guys. That's not a benchmark. That's an ad.Of course it is an adwhat else did you expect from a fan boy?Seriously, iTunes...
- Tags: Operating systems, Digital music, Apple Inc., Apple-hardware, operating system, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, performance
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- Study: Windows 7 can boot more slowly than Vista
- Windows Boot UpWell you know I think that the average user understand the boot up scenario.the more crap you add to your PC the longer it will take to become usable.All of those little dormant services being energized.Hell a clean install of Windows 7 on a Dell 530s with 4...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- MS Security Essentials test shows 98% detection rate for 545k malware samples
- According to recent tests conducted by AV-Test.org aiming to measure the performance of Microsoft's Security Essentials, the freeware application achieved 98% detection rate for 545k malware samples including viruses, bots, trojan horses, backdoors and Internet worms, also achieving 90.95% detection rate for 14,222 adware/spyware samples it was tested against. ...
- Tags: Freeware, Antivirus, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
- Benchmarks: Windows 7 RTM versus Vista, XP
- Benchmarks: Windows 7 RTM versus Vista, XPWhy are results for XP missing from multimedia tests?are we just supposed to take it on your word? Well, here at zdnet, no one does benchmarks like Mr. Adrian. I wonder why did he not repeat a usability benchmark for RTM like he did...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7 RTM, Vista XP, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-08-03
- HP StorageWorks 2000sa G2 Modular Smart Array 2,500 Mailbox Exchange 2007 Storage Solution
- This paper is developed by storage solution providers and reviewed by the Microsoft Exchange Product team. The test results and data presented in this paper are based on the tests introduced in the ESRP test framework. One should not quote the data directly for pre-deployment verification. It is still necessary...
- Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Mailbox, ESRP Program, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2009-07-01
- Benchmarking Firefox 3.5
- Benchmarking Firefox 3.5Benchmarking Firefox 3.5Any reason you chose to benchmark 3.0.5 instead of 3.0.11? Not a gripe, just curious. If its something like no speed improvements since the 3.0.5 patches then that's understandable.Something unexpected hereI just ran a Sunspider of FF3.5 running in Win7 build 7100 on this...
- Tags: Web browsers, Apple Safari, Chrome, Benchmarking Firefox 3.5, Mozilla Firefox, benchmarking, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2009-06-30
- Benchmarking Firefox 3.5
- I've just loaded The release version of Firefox 3.5 onto my browser test bed in order to do some benchmarking. How does Mozilla's latest browser compare to the rest?. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Benchmarking, Web Browser, Web Browsers, Internet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- Living with a netbook: The performance penalty
- No one claims that netbooks can match the performance of laptops that cost hundreds or even thousands more. The real question is whether the performance of a netbook is good enough. Over the past few weeks, I've been doing some testing on five netbooks with 10-inch displays:...
- Tags: Performance, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-05-19
- Benchmarking Network Intrusion Detection Systems
- With no agreed standard for benchmarking Network Intrusion Detection Systems NIDS, vendors often quote performance figures that do not reflect real world implementations. Even test laboratories, which provide valuable product comparisons, cannot verify how a solution will perform in the unique environment of organization. There are simply too many variables...
- Tags: Network Intrusion Detection System, Network, Benchmarking, Intrusion Detection System, Endace, Intrusion Detection, Security, Network Security, Networking
- White papers 2009-05-13
- Hands-on: Runcore Pro IV 2.5-inch SATA SSD
- If you're a fan of netbooks you've undoubtedly heard of Runcore. It's a leading manufacturer of solid-state drives SSDs out of Hong Kong with a reputation for super-fast products. I purchased a Runcore SSD for my Dell Mini 9 (not once, but twice) because they consistently...
- Tags: Hard Drive, Dell Computer Corp., Performance, Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, RunCore Pro IV Series, Serial ATA, Performance Management, Notebooks, Storage, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-05-03
- A Guide to Improving Benchmarking for Battery Life of Notebook PCs: Measuring Battery Life for Today's Notebook PCs
- Today, notebook PC customers are frequently presented with a single battery life benchmarking score that is gathered using light workloads and a relatively idle CPU. This single score does not take into account how a notebook PC battery may perform when the battery is used in a more "Active" state,...
- Tags: PC, Benchmarking, Notebook Computer, Battery, Notebooks, Engineering, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- White papers 2009-04-25
- How do I... Benchmark USB drives with CheckFlash?
- CheckFlash is an easy to use USB flash drive benchmarking tool that can handle a few important tasks for those administrators who have a need to know their devices are up to the task. In this introduction to CheckFlash, Jack Wallen shows you how to run a both the Read...
- Tags: Benchmarking, USB Flash Drive, Jack Wallen, CheckFlash, Flash Memory
- Download resources 2009-03-31
- Google Chrome 2.0 Beta - Fast. Fast! FAST!!!
- I've just loaded Google's latest Chrome beta (2.0.169.1) onto my browser test bed in order to do some benchmarking and it turns out to be the fastest browser ... so far. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Google Inc., Beta, Google Chrome, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-03-19
- Intel Win 7 benchmark results (Windows 7 build 7048 vs. Windows 7 beta 1 vs. Vista vs. XP performance shootout - which is best? )
- Intel Win 7 benchmark results (Windows 7 build 7048 vs. Windows 7 beta 1 vs. Vista vs. XP performance shootout - which is best? )These results are worthless because...How many people have 1 Gig of memory..???Anyone with one gig of memory, does not have 64 bit capability...You should have compared...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Performance management, performance, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Intel Win 7, XP performance shootout, Windows 7 Build 7048, Windows 7 Build, XP Performance, Vista V, shootout, Windows 7 Beta 1, Windows 7 Beta, Microso
- Discussion threads 2009-03-10
- Everybody loves virtualization
- Everybody loves virtualizationOne of my pet peevesVirtualization is useful for testing and development environments. It makes no sense whatsoever for production environments.UNIX has a very nice scheduler that is built to handle hundreds/thousands of processes at a time. It automatically doles out CPU and memory and I/O resources. It has...
- Tags: cloud computing, Storage management, Utility computing, Operating systems, UNIX, virtualization, Sun Solaris, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-18
- DB Tools for Oracle 6.0.0.5 (Windows)
- DB Tools for Oracle is an integrated set of 'must have' tools for Oracle DBAs and developers. It includes all the tools needed for Oracle database monitoring, tuning, diagnosing, coding, reverse-engineering, creating, editing, debugging, benchmarking, auditing, and reporting. DB Tools includes the following components: SQL Editor and Debugger, PL/SQL Profiler,...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., SQL, Microsoft Windows, SoftTree Technologies, DB Tools, Programming Languages, Productivity, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2009-02-16
- 10 things Linux does better than OS X
- Guest post via TechRepublic's 10 things blog. OS X is heralded for its friendliness, but it falls short in many other respects. Find out why Linux is superior in everything from flexibility to portability to cost. It may sound strange, seeing as how OS X...
- Tags: Operating System, Machine, Mandriva Spring 2008, Linux Keyboard, Apple Mac OS X, Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Apple Mac OS, Jack Wallen
- Blog posts 2008-12-19
- Boot Up Times (Windows 7 build 6956 performance test)
- Boot Up Times (Windows 7 build 6956 performance test)Apple Uses Unix, Linux is a Unix Clone -- This is what we needMicro$oft makes the worst software on the face of the Earth. Open Source is changing the world. Just look at Wikipedia. Get Linux and all of...
- Tags: Operating systems, Performance management, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Micro$oft, Microsoft Windows 7, BOOT UP TIMES, Microsoft Windows, performance test, Linux, performance
- Discussion threads 2008-12-12
- AMD rolls out 45nm desktop CPUs
- AMD rolls out 45nm desktop CPUsHuzzah for competition!While I've already seen this, thanks for the heads up!Regarding the i7s though, I think its a bit of an apples/oranges comparison. i7s are server processors - they are meant to hurt AMD in the only place AMD still had the upper hand...
- Tags: Processors, CPU, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., i7s, desktop, desktop cpu
- Discussion threads 2008-12-08
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