Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Tue 22nd Jul 2008 17:54 UTC
David Williams over at iTWire has done a comparison of Windows vs Linux. It is performed by doing functionally identical tasks in both the OSes. This comparison is not a fair one by any measure. The laptops running the Windows and Linux were different in the hardware config and the software used for the tests were comparable but clearly different (MS Office vs OpenOffice; IE vs Firefox 3).
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As much as I dislike how Vistas accelerated GUI looks, I have to say that turning it off hurts GUI performance more than it helps.
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I'd rather it be a bit slower and smoother than fast and horrid.
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As much as I dislike how Vistas accelerated GUI looks, I have to say that turning it off hurts GUI performance more than it helps. Sure, on a laptop is chews through battery since it keeps the GPU going all the time, but when you disable it, you are left with a really slow GUI. After using NEXTSTEP, OSX, Vista + Aero Glass, I've come to REALLY hate tearing and redraws you get on most other GUIs
Edited 2008-07-22 18:31 UTC