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Windows 7 Beats Vista in Benchmark Test [Windows 7]
lifehacker.com - 12/12/2008
Windows 7 Beats Vista in Benchmark Test [Windows 7]
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ZDNet's Hardware 2.0 blogger stacks an early beta build of Windows 7 against 32-bit Vista (and an SP1 upgrade) on the same hardware. In three out of four tests, even a non-optimized Windows 7 trumps...

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Gizmodo:  Windows 7 Benchmark Results "Very Promising" [Windows 7]

Welcome to Windows 7
microsoft.com - 12/19/2008
Welcome to Windows 7
— microsoft.com — If you're looking for information about Windows 7, you've come to the right place. And as we make new information available, we'll make sure you can find it all from here. If you want day-by-day news about Windows 7, sign up for the RSS feeds of the ... (more) Welcome to Windows 7

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WinHEC Taipei 2008: Quanta showcases new touch screen technology for Windows 7
digitimes.com - 12/11/2008
WinHEC Taipei 2008: Quanta showcases new touch screen technology for Windows 7
— digitimes.com — Quanta Computer recently showcased a new touch screen technology - Optical Touch – that will be compatible with Microsoft Windows 7. (more) WinHEC Taipei 2008: Quanta showcases new touch screen ...

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Windows 7 build 6956 performance test | Hardware 2.0
blogs.zdnet.com - 12/12/2008
Windows 7 build 6956 performance test | Hardware 2.0
— blogs.zdnet.com — December 11th, 2008 Windows 7 build 6956 performance test Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 7:08 am Categories: On the test bench , Windows 7 Tags: 32-bit , Microsoft Windows 7 , Performance , Microsoft Windows Vista , Score , CINEBENCH R10 Next , ... (more) Windows 7 build 6956 performance test | Hardware 2.0 ...

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Windows 7 Benchmark Results "Very Promising" [Windows 7]
Gizmodo — ... though it failed to trounce them in the CineBench R10 test. Remember, this is a pre-beta, so nothing is guaranteed, but what makes this newsworthy is that Kingsley-Hughes—who incidentally is in no way a Bond villain—ran similar tests with Vista a few years back, and early Win 7 makes a mockery of that noise. Check the ZDNet article for the full system specs and benchmark scores—I'm sure at least some of you will want the nitty gritty. [ZDnet via Lifehacker] ...

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