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Re: Vista is? Posted by AdamB [Email] (#3) [Profile/Gallery] (more from AdamB) on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 03:14:38 In Reply to: Vista is?, 79-900t [Profile/Gallery] , Mon, 19 Feb 2007 20:21:18 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
I meant normal use, like loading times and responsiveness. The "feel" of the OS if you want. Here are some quotes from the article:
"SuperFetch makes a huge departure from previous versions of Windows; on a system with 2GB of memory and a few days of training on one of our test systems it has learned to cache all of the office applications we use, our IM client, our mail client, our MP3 player, and other applications. The difference between loading these applications from disk and the RAM cache is simply remarkable; it's as if we never quit the application at all."
As for the networking performance, the Anandtech results are most likely caused by immature drivers. Vista uses a completely new TCP/IP stack and other features like Compound TCP aimed at improving networking performance. However this also means that the network adapter manufacturers have to make new drivers, and it'll take a couple of months until they've dialed the drivers in. Consider that the XP drivers have had several years of optimization.
Vista is still a Windows OS and the interface is not like OSX (which I also don't like). I know what you mean by the details view. I also use it. ;)
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