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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
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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 , Microsoft Windows , Microsoft Windows Vista ...
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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blogs.zdnet.com - 12/9/2008
DirecTV kills its Media Center tuner project | Ed Bott’s Microsoft Report
— blogs.zdnet.com — December 9th, 2008 DirecTV kills its Media Center tuner project Posted by Ed Bott @ 12:19 pm... Categories: Digital media , Windows 7 , Media Center Tags: Media Center PC , DirecTV , Media Center PCs , TVs , Tv & Home Theater , Microsoft Windows , ... (more) DirecTV kills its Media Center tuner project | Ed ...

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Windows 7 Beats Vista in Benchmark Test [Windows 7]
Lifehacker — [image] 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 Vista . As Adrian Kingsley-Hughes points out, it's just one system's benchmarks on test that, for the most part, throw a range of apps at a system and see how they fare. But given that Windows 7 will likely be optimized a bit for final release, it's promising to see it beat Vista's speeds in all but one rendering-related test and even that one was close. [ ...

Windows 7 Beats Vista in (One) Benchmark Test [Windows 7]
Lifehacker — [image] 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 Vista . As Adrian Kingsley-Hughes points out, it's just one system's benchmarks on test that, for the most part, throw a range of apps at a system and see how they fare. But given that Windows 7 will likely be optimized a bit for final release, it's promising to see it beat Vista's speeds in all but one rendering-related test and even that one was close. [ ...

Windows 7 Benchmark Results "Very Promising" [Windows 7]
Gizmodo — ... 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 ...

Need for Speed for Windows 7
Technology - Channel Feed — Adrian Kingsley-Hughes at ZDNet has done testing on Windows 7 build and it shows just how fast the next operating system of Microsoft compared to the current Windows Vista. Boot time of Windows 7 has dramatically improved, and his other benchmark testing are promising – Passmark PerformanceTest, PCMark Vantage, and CINEBENCH R10. Go ahead and see the details of the benchmark testing here. Tags: Microsoft, Vista, Windows Share This

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Technology - Channel Feed — Article (and my opinion + some) on What It Takes To Be A Great Technical Lead? (Techticles (Windows, SharePoint) Windows 7 build 6956 performance test (ZDNet) Why So Little Buzz Surrounding Windows 7? (InformationWeek) Microsoft, Google Provide Great Web Joust in 2008 (eWeek) WinHEC Taipei 2008: Quanta showcases new touch screen technology for Windows 7 (DigiTimes) Tags: Microsoft, Vista, Windows Share This

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