On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 9:06 PM, Tony B <[email protected]> wrote: > If I ever get a netbook with XP on it, and have the urge to try to put > Win7 on it, I'll be sure to install it to a new drive so I can run a > few benchmarks myself. Or not. > > Anyway, there are more realistic tests out there involving desktops, > most of which show Win7 to be much faster. e.g. here's a >200% speed > increase: > http://content.zdnet.com/2346-12554_22-277290.html > > I'm finding Win7 to be very nice on my desktop. As we all know, there > are many parts of the user experience that can't be judged by > benchmarks, which are mostly about testing raw speed. > > The problem with Benchmarks is that programmers know what they are and optimize their program's/hardware's performance on the benchmarks. This may or may not actually positively effect performance.
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