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    Speed test pits six generations of Windows against each other - Windows 11 placed dead last across most benchmarks, 8.1 emerges as unexpected winner in this unscientific comparison
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    Speed test pits six generations of Windows against each other – Windows 11 placed dead last across most benchmarks, 8.1 emerges as unexpected winner in this unscientific comparison


    Speed test pits six generations of Windows against each other – Windows 11 placed dead last across most benchmarks, 8.1 emerges as unexpected winner in this unscientific comparison

    https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/speed-test-pits-six-generations-of-windows-against-each-other-windows-11-placed-dead-last-across-most-benchmarks-8-1-emerges-as-unexpected-winner-in-this-unscientific-comparison

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    2. irritatedellipses on

      > Six Lenovo ThinkPad X220 laptops were used in the test, featuring a Core i5-2520M CPU and 8GB of RAM, with a 256GB hard drive — running the latest versions of Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, and Windows 11. That setup alone should tell you how the methodology employed here is skewed toward favoring older software. Windows 11 isn’t even officially supported on these components.

      Interesting methodology then.

    3. renewambitions on

      I’m curious how the Windows 11 performance would benchmark after running some of the deeper optimization tools out there that debloat a ton of processes & telemetry.

    4. TheMegaDongVeryLong on

      Windows 11 is reskinned Windows 10 and Windows 10 is just a modded Windows 8.1

    5. wraithnix on

      ….and this is why I went back to Linux a few months ago. It makes my laptop feel brand new again.

    6. emcebob on

      Just installed the Windows 7 on really old laptop with Centrino Duo and 4GB of RAM last week. I was shocked how quick the system works, booting, opening folders and system apps is like twice faster than on my new i7 16GB RAM Dell laptop with Windows 11.

    7. Vorpalthefox on

      people hate on windows 8.1 but i was using it when it was just windows 8, i appreciate that they got rid of the biggest “mobile device” feel of the start menu, 8.1 was actually my favorite compared to the previous windows versions

    11. patto647 on

      I feel they’ll need to thin out the win11 ram usage if ram availability continues to be a problem for the foreseeable future.

    14. butcher99 on

      So lets do the same tests again and use modern versions of the software loaded. Modern chrome, modern VLC etc and see how it comes out. The authors admit that Windows 11 is handicapped from the get go. I still think 11 would come in poorly. Then there is overhead. What virus checker is running.. stuff like that.

    18. Ok_Pound_2164 on

      “Unscientific” is an understatement, this entire benchmark doesn’t make sense.

      It’s also a written article on someone else’s YouTube video.

    20. Photo-Josh on

      I’ve got a 14th gen i9, 64GB ddr5 ram & a very fast NVME drive.

      Windows 11 feels sluggish, laggy and just generally shit for such a powerful system.

      Folders in windows explorer don’t always open that fast, it’s not amazingly quick to boot etc etc…

      100% something is badly wrong with w11

    21. Dio44 on

      There has been nobody at the helm for windows in years. Terry had a poor vision and Panos was a hardware guy. After his exit it’s just been passed around with no focus.

      It’s ridiculous that MSFT keeps leaving the door open for a competitor and nobody is stepping in to fill the void. And please do not say Linux.

    22. Whargod on

      Say what you will about Windows 8… and you still have to conclude it was one of the worst experiences ever in terms of Windows. hah

    23. ledow on

      Bought a Framework laptop and installed Ubuntu on it over Christmas.

      Boot time is basically instant. Even a full reboot is pretty damn quick. Login is basically impossible to see.

      The moment of ultimate irony was when I turned on my Windows laptop to transfer some more files across and despite only being offline for 2 days it decided to reboot half a dozen times and install updates for over 20+ minutes.

      Compare and contrast with me accidentally installing a lower version of Ubuntu and realising I needed to upgrade it (from an LTS to the next non-LTS version up) and 10 minutes later (when I could use the machine fully) and with only a single reboot, at my discretion and option, I was running the new version.

      Sorry but Windows lost its way a long time ago. The last version I didn’t mind professionally was in fact 8.1. It was after that that it became bogged down in “Internet” features, requiring networking for everything from running a Powershell help command to (now) logging into the damn thing.

      It was one of the reason that I bought a Framework and now only have Linux machines on my home network. Just one old (broken) Windows laptop that I’ve transferred files away from, and that’s all I have left of MS stuff in my house.

    25. Big_Wave9732 on

      It’s still an unpopular opinion but I’ve been saying it for several years: Windows 8.1 was a pretty damn good OS.  Perhaps overall the best MS has ever done. 

    26. Alicefag on

      While this test demonstrates basically nothing, Vista winning Geekbench is pretty awesome. Clearly Aero is what Windows 11 is missing to be the future.