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blogs.zdnet.com — January 1st, 2009 Windows 7 beta 1 performance - How does the OS compare to Vista and XP? Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes @ 2:59 pm Categories: On the test bench , Windows 7 Tags: Microsoft Windows 7 , Performance , Microsoft Windows XP , Operating System , built-In , Microsoft Windows Vista , ...

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Windows 7 Performance compared to XP and Vista
I4U News — ... the usability question of 7 compared to XP or Vista, which is really not that important to me right now. As a Windows XP user the burning question for me is if Windows 7 is faster than XP. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes over at ZDNet answers this question with 20 real world tests. As Windows 7 is still in beta benchmarks are not really fair, but to compare things like boot time, shut down time, file transfer, open Excel and Word documents are a good indicator of where Windows 7 stands compared to XP and Vista. In this series of tests Windows 7 wins by a big margin, which is very, ...

Windows 7 build 7000 already outperforming Vista and XP in "real-world" tasks
Engadget — You might've heard that crazy rumor making the rounds that Microsoft leaked the Windows 7 beta on purpose to build some positive buzz, and while there's no real evidence (or likelihood) of that of any sort, the seemingly-magical build 7000 is certainly doing well for itself. Following up on wide praise for ...

OS X Snow Leopard vs. Windows 7: The Final Countdown [Giz Explains]
Gizmodo — ... 7 vs. Vista, but an earlier version of Windows 7 used about 6GB of space, and they've been thinking about ways to make drivers take up less space. If it says anything though, Snow Leopard requires 5GB of free disk space, while Windows 7 requires 16GB for the 32-bit OS and 20GB for the 64-bit OS. Startup/Shutdown/Sleep Windows 7 smoked Vista with sub-30-second startup times, and RC1 is even faster. Shutdowns are quicker too. We had problems with sleep in the beta release, but it still seemed better than ...

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