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I'll admit you always have to take benchmarks with a grain of salt. They only measure what they're told to measure. Like I said--lies, d***d, lies, and benchmarks. (got a quarantine msg on the previous version <g>) I was a little surprised by Livingston's column. I've bought his books and always thought he was pretty level headed and not much on creating controversy. His real love is fonts--True Type was a major event in his life.<g> > -----Original Message----- > From: Wills, Mike N. (TC) [mailto:MNWills@taylorcorp.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 9:46 AM > To: 'midrange-l@midrange.com' > Subject: RE: Windows XP > > > Hmm... I have heard direct opposites for a couple other > groups. MaximumPC > (hard core computer mag) said that it is a must have because > of improved > speed and support for software. In fact, they gave it a 10 > out of ten and a > "Kick Ass" award. Which I have never seen them to a M$ OS do > in the history > of magazine. They claim to always go against the grain and > "call it as they > see it" even if the product is a major advertiser in the > magazine. Of course > their measurement for speed is mostly in Games, 3D rendering, > and Image > editing. I will ignore TechTV, they are about 90% microsoft > lovers anyway. > It mostly depends on what InfoWorld was testing, results can > vary greatly > for speed. > > Now, I do have several problems with the ideology behind the > OS, such as > built in software such as burning (which is horrid) and video > editing. But > guess what so does Apple, and does anyone go after them? No. The only > difference is, Apple has much better burning capabilities and > video editing, > and their kernel is open source. >
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