Blog Wars – Windows xp vs vista vs 7

 

A Long, long ago, in OS Space. . .

Microsoft becomes victim of its own success after the release of Vista, it required a huge hardware upgrade and still the performance is lesser or equal to XP, the question araised why to go for VISTA when XP is there, Microsoft's struggle with OS Space continues until the arrival of Windows 7

Before the comparison read this Note :

"Before I go any further I feel I need to make a point, and make it clear. The builds I’m testing of Windows 7 (build 7000 and 7048) are beta builds, and as a rule beta builds are usually more geared towards stability than performance. That said, the performance of this build should give us a clue as to how the OS is coming along"

Test Hardware

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  An AMD Phenom 9700 2.4GHz system fitted with an ATI Radeon 3850 and 4GB of RAM
  An Intel Pentium Dual Core E2200 2.2GHz fitted with an NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS and 1GB of RAM

 

Testing Scenarios

1.Install OS - Time it takes to install the OS
2.Boot up - Average boot time to usable desktop
3.Shut down - Average shut down time
4.Move 100MB files - Move 100MB of JPEG files from one hard drive to another
5.Move 2.5GB files - Move 2.5GB of mixed size files (ranging from 1MB to 100MB) from one hard drive to another
6.Network transfer 100MB files - Move 100MB of JPEG files from test machine to NAS device
7.Network transfer 2.5GB files - Move 2.5GB of mixed size files (ranging from 1MB to 100MB) from test machine to NAS device
8.Move 100MB files under load - Move 100MB of JPEG files from one hard drive to another while ripping DVD to .ISO file
9.Move 2.5GB files under load - Move 2.5GB of mixed size files (ranging from 1MB to 100MB) from one hard drive to another while ripping DVD to .ISO file
10.Network transfer 100MB files under load - Move 100MB of JPEG files from test machine to NAS device while ripping DVD to .ISO file
11.Network transfer 2.5GB files under load - Move 2.5GB of mixed size files (ranging from 1MB to 100MB) from test machine to NAS device while ripping DVD to .ISO file
12.Compress 100MB files - Using built-in ZIP compression
13.Compress 1GB files - Using built-in ZIP compression
14.Extract 100MB files - Using built-in ZIP compression
15.Extract 1GB files - Using built-in ZIP compression
16.Compress 100MB files under load - Using built-in ZIP compression while ripping DVD to .ISO file
17.Compress 1GB files under load - Using built-in ZIP compression while ripping DVD to .ISO file
18.Extract 100MB files under load - Using built-in ZIP compression while ripping DVD to .ISO file
19.Extract 1GB files under load - Using built-in ZIP compression while ripping DVD to .ISO file
20.Install Office 2007 - Ultimate version, from DVD
21.Open 10 page Word doc - Text only
22.Open 100 page Word doc - Text and images only
23.Open simple Excel doc - Basic formatting
24.Open complex Excel doc - Including formula and charts
25.Burn DVD - Win 7 beta 1 .ISO to disc using CDBurnerXP
26.Open 10 page PDF - Text only, using latest Adobe Reader 8
27.Open 100 page PDF - Text and images, using latest Adobe Reader 8
Gaming Benchmarks
28.Far Cry 2 benchmark
29.Call of Duty 5 benchmark
30.Left 4 Dead benchmark
31.Crysis Warhead benchmark

The rating starts from 1 to 5, like 1-Very High, 2- high like that and the scores are summed and the lowest in the winner

 

 

Finally

As mentioned before, I am saying again, BETA is tested only for stability and not for performance, but windows 7  performance is very very impressive.
Clearly Windows 7 is the winner in this wars. Lets wait for Release Canditate verision (RC) of windows 7 for real performance benchmark. So guys keep your fingers crossed. Microsoft will come back with a bang to win the OS Space again with windows 7

 

The above data is taken from the following source : ZDNET