Vista vs XP performance: Some informal tests
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| After posting about the inadequacy of a recent test report I thought it would
| be interesting to conduct my own informal tests of Vista vs XP performance. I
| do not run a computer laboratory, but I guess my tests have the benefit of
| being real-world.
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http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk/2007/12/04/vista_vs_xp_tests/
Lies, Damned Lies and Benchmarks, Yet Again
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| As a benchmark writer myself (I'm responsible for the WinTune and PC Pitstop
| benchmarks), I'm here to tell you that no single set of benchmarks can ever
| tell the whole story.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/stratdev/archives/2007/12/lies_damned_lie.html?source=rss
Yesterday:
Vista SP1 a Performance Dud
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| After extensive testing of both RTM and SP1-patched versions of Windows
| Vista, it seems clear that the hoped-for performance fixes that Microsoft has
| been hinting at never materialized. Vista + SP1 is no faster than Vista from
| the RTM image.
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| Bottom Line: If you've been disappointed with the performance of Windows
| Vista to date, get used to it. SP1 is simply not the panacea that many
| predicted. In the end, it's Vista's architecture - not a lack of tuning or
| bug fixes - that makes it perform so poorly on systems that
| were "barn-burners" under Windows XP.
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http://exo-blog.blogspot.com/2007/11/vista-sp1-performance-dud.html
Microsoft slammed for badmouthing benchmark
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| They go on to defend the development, version independence and sophistication
| of their benchmarking software. "OfficeBench scares the hell of out
| Microsoft." they claim. "For the first time ever the industry has the tools
| necessary to call the company to the mat for its bloated, CPU cycle-sucking
| ways."
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| "Microsoft's response? Slam the benchmark! Try to discredit the
| author/source! And crank-up the FUD machine! Sorry, guys! You can run, but
| you can't hide, from OfficeBench."
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/12/04/microsoft-slammed-attacking
What Intel Giveth, Microsoft Taketh Away
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| “What Intel giveth, Microsoft taketh away.” Such has been the conventional
| wisdom surrounding the Windows/Intel (“Wintel”) duopoly since the early days
| of Windows 95. In practical terms, it means that performance advancements on
| the hardware side are quickly consumed by the ever-increasing complexity of
| the Windows/Office code base. Case in point: Microsoft Office 2007 which,
| when deployed on Windows Vista, consumes over 12x as much memory and nearly
| 3x as much processing power as the version that graced PCs just 7 short years
| ago (Office 2000).
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http://exo-blog.blogspot.com/2007/09/what-intel-giveth-microsoft-taketh-away.html
Windows Vista consumes 600MB of RAM with no apps running
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| closed the sidebar, but sidebar.exe is still alive and using 26MB.
| Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer) is using 55MB. The Search
| Indexer is consuming 30MB. Even the recommended 1GB of RAM might not
| leave much room for applications on Vista.
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http://vistaonamacbookpro.info/?p=108
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