Vista vs for windows 7 beta

Seems to match up with my benchmarks from awhile back. GushpinBob 2[H]4U. Joined Dec 11, Messages 2, Joe Average said:. Yah, I knew that was coming from someone after I posted the list but but but I know that people DID use it at home, but nowhere near the penetration that Win2K had, especially for gamers and enthusiasts.

It's my list, dammit, lemme alone What's pretty screwy is that Windows 7's version number will actually be 6. Yep, leave it to MS to mess things up. There's absolutely nothing stopping Microsoft from changing the version number to 7 across the board with Windows DeathFromBelow said:. I always assumed that the final build would be NT 7. XP was 5, Vista was Mithent [H]ard Gawd. Joined Dec 19, Messages 1, The Windows 7 name makes most sense to me as a Windows NT version number, surely?

Microsoft may claim that they're counting significant releases, including 9x, but it sounds like they're rationalising the choice to a consumer audience. NT started at version 3. Of course, NT 6. GushpinBob said:. Server shares the same version number with Vista. XP is 5. Vista is 6. Windows 7 is 6.

I'm seeing a trend here. Jon55 2[H]4U. Joined Jul 7, Messages 2, Oh God, naming schemes. This reminds me of a similar argument on whether Apple could ever release a Pages and pages of discussion over something so trivial.

Anyway, this is good to see, but with the newest build ? Azhar Fixing stupid since Joined Jan 9, Messages 18, Azhar said:. Sure these tests show a huge improvement on Windows 7 even at this early stage when compared to Windows Vista during its beta stages. Below is the score for some of the factors listed above: And the overall results: Sure these tests show a huge improvement on Windows 7 even at this early stage when compared to Windows Vista during its beta stages.

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Full Bio. Posted in Hardware 2. Note : Before I go any further I feel I need to make a point, and make it clear. That said, the performance of this build should give us a clue as to how the OS is coming along. Important note : I have on several occasions contacted Microsoft for feedback on benchmarking Windows 7. At this point the company is not ready to discuss performance testing. The scoring for each of the tests is simple. The winning OS scores 1, the runner ups 2, 3 and 4 respectively and the loser scores a 5.

The scores are added up and the OS with the lowest score at the end wins. It's clear that some of the results here are all over the place, and I'm putting this down this the fact that Windows 7 is still a work in progress and realistically, probably will be for a good 9 - 12 months after launch and drivers are still pretty new. However, four patterns do emerge:.