tjpa > On Nov 3, 2009, at 5:17 AM, Wayne Dernoncourt wrote: >> Most of the people that have tried it seemed to think it >> was pretty good for the OS itself. The biggest exception >> was John Dvorak who said that it ran slower on his notebook >> (?netbook?).
> The review I cited was from a guy who I know is heavy into > Windows and his publication has an extensive testing lab > (I have been there). John has been doing this job for over > a decade. He knows his stuff. He is as solid a source as > one is likely to encounter. He measures 24% slower on a > netbook for W7 via XP. TWIT does not do any serious testing. > Of course WFBs will pick the reviews that provide the > results they want. Leo do testing? Nope, strictly it seems faster that Vista. I don't know that he tried installing it on anything other than on newer hardware. I don't know that he compared Win7 versus XP or not. If he did, it wouldn't be quantitative, strictly qualitative. I think he (maybe Paul Thurott?) was of the opinion that Aero (the fancy user interface with transparency, etc.) was using a lot of resources, disabling that could make things much more responsive. -- Take care | This clown speaks for himself, his job doesn't Wayne D. | supply this, at least not directly Whip me, beat me, make me write BASIC! ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
