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  kliquee » Windows Vista benchmark testing

  Dec 1, 2007 at 11:48 am

  [...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerpt An example of a benchmarking test. This one involves running a window-open, window-close routine at accelerated speed. Nick at the Windows Vista Team Blog says: You can see that it isn’t representative of real-world user behavior and hence isn’t an accurate gauge of the actual end-user experience. Further, tests like these only measure a very small set of Windows capabilities and so aren’t representative of the user’s overall day-to-day experience of working with Windows and running applicatio [...]

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  Claus Valca

  Dec 1, 2007 at 4:09 pm

  Here is a link to the actual article the quote and video came from.

  Not a bad read, in full. Has some good points for consideration.

  The right time to assess Windows Vista’s performance - http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2007/11/30/the-right-time-to-assess-windows-vista-s-performance.aspx

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  Claus Valca

  Dec 1, 2007 at 4:24 pm

  Followup:

  I was wondering just what test they (Microsoft) was using in their comparison…and if maybe the video had been speeded up somehow before posting.

  I don’t know about the 2nd question, but I quickly figured out the first.

  It was the same test software used by exo performance to benchmark Vista/Vista RC1 in comparison to XP/XP SP3′ish.

  So though Microsoft didn’t drop names on who they were targeting, it seems clear now.

  exo.performance has responded to Vista Team Blogs post:

  When Microsoft Attacks! - http://exo-blog.blogspot.com/2007/12/when-microsoft-attacks.html

  Also worth reading.

  Looks like things are heating up again!

  Cheers!

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  Joe

  Dec 1, 2007 at 5:45 pm

  Wow, controversy! Thanks for the great link Claus, and for filling in the original one that I meant to include in the post but forgot…

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