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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

Windows 7 build 7048 vs. Windows 7 beta 1 vs. Vista vs. XP performance shootout - which is best?

Windows 7 build 7048 vs. Windows 7 beta 1 vs. Vista vs. XP performance shootout - which is best?Although I'm not a fan of pre-release comparisons......it's interesting to note that W7 does indeed appear to be a very effective OS.As for the 64 bit question, with Quad Core largely becoming...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, performance, take-away, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, XP performance shootout, Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 7 Build, Windows 7 Beta 1, Windows 7 Build 7048, shootout, XP Perform

Discussion threads 2009-03-10

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7 RTM vs. Vista SP1 vs. XP SP3 - Shootout, Part 1

7 RTM vs. Vista SP1 vs. XP SP3 - Shootout, Part 164 Bit32 bit tests seem to be somewhat limiting given the advancement in 64 bit tech these days. Any plans for similar comparisons in 64 bit? Better yet, take a more real-world example. Since the majority of XP desktops...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, 64-bit, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows XP, Shootout, operating system, SP3

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

7 RTM vs. Vista SP1 vs. XP SP3 - Shootout, Part 1

Over the past few months I've talked a lot about the performance side of things with regard to Windows 7. However, I've not been able to give you any actual numbers because the EULA for the beta and release candidate versions of Windows 7 prohibited me from doing so. However,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, SP3, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-08-05

News to know: Firefox, Palm, AT&T, Sprint, Facebook friends

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Paula Rooney: Firefox 3.1 beta 3 "done," Firefox 3.5 beta 4 due April 14 Sam Diaz: Palm to SEC:...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Mozilla Firefox, Palm Inc., Mary Jo Foley, AT&T Corp., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Sprint Communications, Sam Diaz, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Mice, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Peripherals

Blog posts 2009-03-11

Windows 7 build 7048 vs. Windows 7 beta 1 vs. Vista vs. XP performance shootout - which is best?

How does the latest leaked build of Windows 7 (7048) compare to the beta 1 (build 7000), Vista SP1 and XP SP3 in terms of performance? According to my Hardware 2.0 inbox, this is a question that you want answered. Let's see if I can answer it for those of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Beta, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Performance Management, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, windows, win, 7, xp, vista, performance, benchmark, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Image galleries 2009-03-10

Windows 7 build 7048 vs. Windows 7 beta 1 vs. Vista vs. XP performance shootout - which is best?

How does the latest leaked build of Windows 7 (7048) compare to the beta 1 (build 7000), Vista SP1 and XP SP3 in terms of performance? According to my Hardware 2.0 inbox, this is a question that you want answered. Let’s see if I can answer it for those of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Performance, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating System, built-In, Microsoft Windows Vista, ISO, Beta, Microsoft Windows, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), DVD, Consumer Electronics, Operating Systems, Software, Quality, Business Operations, Storage, Hardware, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-03-10

AMD 690G versus Intel G965 PC shootout

AMD 690G versus Intel G965 PC shootoutNeither won, they both need some major improvementsNeither won, they both need some major improvements. Intel has the G35 coming out very soon so we'll see how that does. We already know the P35 is a great chipset. AMD will have...

Tags: Corporate communications, Chipsets, Games, video, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., AMD 690G, PC, graphics, Integrated Graphics

Discussion threads 2007-07-24

Setting up the 2.5 TB hot-swap array

Continuing from yesterdays blog where I introduced you to the cheap 2.5 TB storage array, were going to look at how this is installed in to the PC. Once all the drives are attached, youll need to toggle on all of the drives using a paper clip. This...

Tags: Storage, Servers, Security, Networking, Intel, Infrastructure, Hardware, Energy efficiency, Desktop, AMD

Blog posts 2007-05-01

Benchmarks: Adobe Apps and Rosetta Emulation

Bare Feats has posted a set of benchmarks comparing two non-Universal Binary applications, Adobe's Photoshop CS2 and After Effect 7.0, running on a three different machines to gauge the true impact of Rosetta emulation. The test machines included:- MacBook Pro 2.0GHz Core Duo with 2GB RAM- PowerMac G5 Dual Single-Core...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., ROSETTA

Blog posts 2006-04-14

Desktop Linux versus Windows XP shootout

Desktop Linux versus Windows XP shootoutGreat point ...The way George presented this was like ... hey ... for another $60 I could have a fast machine with Windows, etc. $100 for a slow machine with Linux v $160 for a fast machine with Windows. But as you point...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, desktop, Microsoft Windows XP, desktop Linux, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2005-12-20

Desktop Linux versus Windows XP shootout

In my last blog "Could Desktop Linux really be so slow?" I posted some interesting performance numbers of how a mainstream desktop Linux distribution like Linspire performed on a $100 PC. The performance results for Linspire Linux were quite a disappointment, so I decided to investigate further and ask...

Tags: Linux, RAM, Microsoft Windows

Blog posts 2005-12-20

Microsoft Office versus Open Office shootout

Microsoft Office versus Open Office shootoutBegs the questionIf XML scales so poorly, why has Microsoft committed itself to XML for Office 12?Message has been deleted.DELIBERATELY OBTUSEGeorge, George, George, will you stop flogging the strawman?Nowhere in ANY report did MA's decision to go to XML have ANYTHING to do with performance.The...

Tags: Operating systems, Performance management, OpenOffice, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, cold start, Microsoft Windows XP, performance, cold calling, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-09-14

Microsoft Office versus Open Office shootout

[Updated 9/15/2005 12:00PM: Added Open Office Beta2 results] When I started this blog questioning the wisdom of XML, it started a storm of comments and was followed up by fellow bloggers John Carroll and Joe McKendrick. Since my response "Proof that XML is extremely bloated" appeared last week, I...

Tags: OpenOffice, Open, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2005-09-14