[X4U] XP <> Vista benchmarks

[Michael Winter]

On Feb 1, 2007, at 1:36 PM, nk wrote:

> OK...well, the short version of what the thread is about is that  
> vista is a steaming pile.
>
> sorry, folks, but I got NO tolerance when the most powerful company  
> in the universe can even make their own product better.

As I've often said in defense of the Mac, when it comes to the  
tradeoff between making the software run fast, and making the  
software faster to use, always choose faster to use. IOW most of the  
time the slowest component of the system is the person sitting in the  
chair. Spending CPU cycles to make a better interface to speed up the  
user is a good tradeoff.

Having said that, a 5-10% slowdown for a version 1 wouldn't be too  
bad, but there are some major slowdowns in those tests.

On another note, am I the only person that hates looking through  
reams of benchmarks where they don't always label the X-axis? Its not  
always immediately obvious if the longer bar means its faster or slower.

-Mike