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Internet Explorer 8 will be not only an apex of performance, but also the next major iteration of the Windows client, according to Microsoft.
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1.9.2008 Windows Performance Blog
As I said in yesterday’s introduction, my job as an engineer on the Windows Vista team is to improve performance. I wanted to look at a study that measure a key area that we focused on for Windows Vista – consistent responsiveness during the times that matter most to users (when starting up their machine, after being idle, and when you are under the gun running tons of apps, etc.).
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29.12.2006 Microsoft tweaks IE 7 for performance
Microsoft has quietly released a patch aimed at improving the performance of Internet Explorer 7's phishing filter ahead of the company's regular patching schedule, which occurs on the Tuesday of every month.
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8.2.2007 Microsoft IE 8 - Great Performance
This morning, my editor asked why I hadn't blogged about Internet Explorer 8. My response: "Who cares?" Do you? Maybe we both should.
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27.8.2008 Windows 7 Performance Pillars
Attempting to avoid the rather sluggish experience that has become inherently associated with Windows Vista RTM, Microsoft promised, through the voice of Steven Sinofsky, that Windows 7 would not set a single “bit” out of Redmond until it would meet a set of performance criteria.
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29.8.2008 Windows 7 Performance, Explained
From startup to the way it handles hardware resources available, power consumption and applications, Windows 7 has been applauded as delivering a level of performance superior to that of Windows Vista, even as early as pre-Beta Build 6801.
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29.11.2008 How Microsoft really does employee performance reviews
You don't need to ask your boss for a raise at Microsoft, because each year we have an annual performance evaluation where managers review employee accomplishments in a process used for deciding things like salary increases or bonuses.
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22.12.2006 Vista SP1 a Performance Dud
With the initial performance characteristics of Windows Vista leaving much to be desired (see our previous post on the subject), many IT organizations have put off deploying the new OS until the first service pack (SP1) is released by Microsoft early next year.
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20.11.2007 Another Vista Reliability & Performance Update
Vista’s performance is one of those topics that won’t be exhausted until Windows Seven hits RTM. It all comes down to trade-offs.
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12.12.2007 Windows Vista Performance and Tuning
Windows Vista and SP1 focus on delivering greater performance and overall system responsiveness. By striking a balance between speed and responsiveness, Windows Vista and SP1 deliver a level of performance that has the greatest positive impact on the system’s usability.
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31.7.2008 Windows 7 -- Approach to System Performance
Many folks have commented and written email about the topic of performance of Windows. The dialog has been wide ranging—folks consistently want performance to improve (of course).
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28.8.2008 Vista Performance Post SP1
Poor performance was one of the sins associated with Windows Vista RTM, especially in comparison to Windows XP throughout 2007.
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9.10.2008 Squeezing Every Drop of Performance Out of Windows 7
In the sense in which Microsoft is building Windows 7 as the evolution of Windows Vista, the next iteration of the Windows client will perform as if on steroids, compared to its precursor.
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17.12.2008 Windows 7 beta 1 performance test
How does Windows 7 beta 1 compare to Vista and XP in terms of performance? That’s a question that’s been hitting my inbox regularly over the past few weeks. Let’s see if we can’t answer it!
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2.1.2009 Windows Vista Imaging and Installation Performance
Ideally, installation of an operating system is two fairly simple steps. First, copy all the OS files to the hard disk.
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4.10.2006 Outlook 2007 Update focuses on performance
Microsoft Corporation has released an update to Outlook 2007 designed to speed up the communication software’s much-criticized sluggishness.
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15.4.2007 Vista Compatibility, Performance and Reliability Pack
Windows Vista Compatibility, Performance and Reliability Packs – SP1 Preview - Microsoft offers fresh Vista updates to testers.
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31.7.2007 Windows 7 on Steroids – Next-Generation Performance Boosters
Yes, the silence around Windows 7 is certainly deafening, disconcerting and certainly a source of frustration for end users, but Microsoft is building the next iteration of Windows.
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20.5.2008 New Performance and Reliability Updates for Vista SP1
A reliability and performance update is available for download for Windows Vista Service Pack 1. This specific release targets all Windows Vista editions, provided that they have the first service pack integrated.
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25.6.2008 IE8 Performance vs. Google Chrome and Firefox
With Microsoft making headway towards the gold build of Internet Explorer 8, the Redmond company has to face an ugly truth. Performance-wise, with emphasis on JavaScrip performance, the software giant is getting ready to release a browser inferior to what is already available from rivals Google and Mozilla.
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27.9.2008 The Raw Performance Parallel Universe of Windows 7
Windows 7 more so than any other Windows client will be at the core of the transition to manycore hardware.
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11.10.2008 Windows 7 Increased Performance and Optimal Use of Available Hardware
icrosoft is optimizing Windows 7 in order to increase performance, and, in this context, the dispatcher lock is one of the components that has got cut off.
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6.1.2009 Building a High Performance Windows 7 PC
With Windows 7 release candidate just around the corner, the other day I was asked to spec out a high performance PC suitable for Windows 7 64-bit, This system would also be a great Vista system.
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15.4.2009 Understanding Windows 7 New Levels of Performance and Reliability
For an operating system that required unmatched hardware resources, Windows Vista failed to translate the horsepower available into sheer speed. The same is not the case for Windows 7, as the evolution from Vista brings new levels of performance and reliability.
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11.8.2009 Final Names for Windows Vista Performance Features
Windows PC Accelerators is the new term that encompasses Windows Vista's new performance-enhancing technologies.
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7.4.2006 Performance Results Mixed with Vista Service Pack 1
Files copied faster in our initial tests, but other performance was slightly slower with the SP1 installed.
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7.2.2008 AMD Phenom X3 processor family performance
For the most part of last year, there were scarce good news to report from AMD. It wasn't until the end of the year that new Radeon graphics cards were out, and the eagerly awaited Phenom processors were launched.
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6.5.2008 Vista SP1 Evolves with New Reliability and Performance Boost
Microsoft is indeed starting to deliver an increasing volume of details related to the upcoming Windows 7 client and Windows 7 Server releases, but the end of 2009/ the debut of 2010 is still not even on the horizon, and neither are the next iterations of the Windows platforms.
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19.8.2008 12 Tweaks - Squeeze Every Last Drop of Performance Out of Windows Vista
Windows Vista is a resource hog. Microsoft’s latest operating system will swallow every last bit of hardware resources you throw at it in the race for a top user experience, a concept synonymous with high performance.
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15.9.2007 Install Vista SP1 RC Refresh for the Added Performance
According to Microsoft, one reason to install Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Release Candidate Refresh and test drive it is the added performance.
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15.1.2008'Tiny Bubbles' Could Empower IBM's Next-gen Power6 CPU
While IBM today unveiled a new
dual-core Power6 processor for
its new System p570 server,
resulting in what the
Transaction Performance
Processing Council confirmed
to be the best performance
score per core recorded thus
far, a manufacturing advance
still in the works there could
give its next generation
Power6 even higher performance
on account of improved
signaling...
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22.05.2007Hyper-V: How to make sure you are getting the best performance
Anthony F. Voellm: As we have moved from Beta to RC the number of questions I have been getting around Hyper-V performance have grown quite a bit.
Its time to put some tips out on how to avoid some common pitfalls.
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20.04.2008Microsoft: Another Vista Reliability & Performance Update
Vista’s performance is one of those topics that won’t be exhausted until Windows Seven hits RTM. It all comes down to trade-offs. Ever
since the features of Vista were finalized, Microsoft tried to tip the scale the other way by focusing on performance, with the obvious limitation of
not disabling any services. Updates regarding performance and stability are numerous, but most have not hit Windows Update as they are not quite ready
(preview releases). The Windows Serviceability Team wants feedback on one such update, available for download at the Microsoft Download Center, before
its expected release on Windows Update in January.
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13.12.2007Firefox 3 ultimate feature: Performance
Percy Cabello: Along with the long list of new features and improvements we can find in Firefox 3 betas so far, there is a series of performance
improvements coming to Firefox 3 Beta 4.
Ive finally managed to run a set of tests to see how Firefox 3 performance compares to
Firefox 2s.
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29.02.2008Windows 7 HD and SSD Performance Analyzed
Today we're going to look at how various types of disks perform under Windows 7, both of the traditional platter based variety and new solid state
disks. We're not only curious about how disk performance changes between the operating systems, but if Windows 7's new solid-state specific
optimizations and tuning give you even greater performance compared to Vista.
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29.05.2009Overview Series: Windows Vista Performance and Tuning
Windows Vista and SP1 focus on delivering greater performance and overall system responsiveness. By striking a balance between speed and
responsiveness, Windows Vista and SP1 deliver a level of performance that has the greatest positive impact on the systems usability. This guide looks
at the following areas of performance improvement:
- Making configuration changes that help a computer feel more responsive when you
use it.
- Using hardware to boost the actual physical speed of a computer.
- Making configuration changes that help a computer to start
faster.
- Making the computer more reliable may help increase performance.
- Monitoring performance occasionally so that you can stop
problems before they get too big.
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29.07.2008A new way to monitor your Windows systems' performance
Windows Sentinel is a joint project with the exo.performance.network, founded by InfoWorld Contributing Editor Randall C. Kennedy, that enables
InfoWorld readers to monitor system, process, and network performance while contributing to a global repository of information that will yield an
unprecedented, real-time image of Windows-based system performance and behavior.
Register below to download the Windows Sentinel
software agent, which enables you to monitor the performance of up to three Windows desktop or server systems (including Vista systems) and set alerts
for when your thresholds are exceeded. You can display this performance information on a personalized Web page, a desktop widget, or a widget that
works on iPhone, iPod Touch, and Symbian devices.
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15.04.2008Nvidia Readies Hybrid SLI Technology
There is always a trade-off
between power consumption and
performance in the world of 3D
graphics cards. If one
solution delivers high
framerate per second, it most
probably consumes significant
amount of power, whereas
another, which power
consumption is minimal, cannot
offer really high performance.
But Nvidia recently announced
that its new technology will
meet low power consumption
with high performance.
Nvidias new Hybrid SLI
technology will have two modes
and that will target different
applications: the Power Saving
Mode, which will switch off
discrete graphics core and use
only integrated graphics
engine when high performance
is not needed, whereas Max
Performance Mode will make
integrated graphics processor
(IGP) to assist discrete
graphics processing unit (GPU)
and boost performance when it
is required.
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25.06.2007AMD quad-core Opteron servers claim performance records
The return of AMD to any kind of dominant position in the CPU market depends on its ability to be perceived by systems analysis personnel as the
performance leader. Today, the company obtained some much-needed ammunition in that battle...
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10.04.2008Intel firmware fixes SSD performance issues
According to an article by TechSpot, Intel has released a firmware update for two of its Solid State Drives that were suffering from performance
issues. The firmware update addresses some internal fragmentation issues, which resulted in writing speeds dropping significantly in some cases. This
fragmentation meant that the performance of the drives would decrease with time. The firmware update only applies to the Intel X18-M and X25-M SSDs,
and can be installed by using the tools provided by Intel on their website. According to the site, the firmware includes several more optimizations,
on top of the issue fix.
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14.04.2009Windows 7 -- Approach to System Performance
Steven Sinofsky: Many folks have commented and written email about the topic of performance of Windows. The dialog has been wide rangingfolks
consistently want performance to improve (of course). As with many topics we will discuss, performance, as absolute and measurable as it might seem,
also has a lot of subtlety. There are many elements and many tradeoffs involved in achieving performance that meets everyones expectations. We know
that even meeting expectations, folks will want even more out of their Windows PCs (and thats expected). Weve re-dedicated ourselves to work in this
area in Windows 7 (and IE 8). This is a major initiative across each of our feature teams as well as the primary mission of one of our feature teams
(Fundamentals). For this post, I just wanted to frame the discussion as we dig into the topic of performance in subsequent posts. Folks might
find this post on
IE8 performance relevant along with the
beta 2 release of IE 8.
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28.08.2008HD DVD, Blu-ray playback added to new entry-level ATI cards
For years, ATI played itself as the performance leader in the graphics space. But now as part of AMD, which is having a difficult time of late making
its case for CPU performance, ATI may have to make like its new corporate parent for a little while...
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23.01.2008XM agrees to higher performance royalties
In what could signal the beginning of the end of the performance royalties debate, XM says it has agreed to an annual fee based on a gross revenue
scale -- what Internet streamers would prefer -- rather than a listener-hour scale...
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05.12.2007AMD Confirms Plans to Extend x86 Instruction Set
Advanced Micro Devices plans to extend the x86 instruction set, with an announcement scheduled for Aug. 30, a company spokeswoman confirmed Friday.
Details of the announcement were not available at press time.
Roughly one-half to one full generation behind
Intel in terms of manufacturing expertise, AMD seems to have hearkened back to its time-tested strategy of improving the technology of its chips as a
means of improving performance.
"Developed to improve the performance of the highest intensity applications, the instructions
help the developer community get greater performance out of each instruction by introducing functionality found only in specialized, high-performance
architectures," said an AMD spokeswoman, describing the new initiative. ..
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24.08.2007Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Gets a 200% Boost with Datalight Software
Datalight, Inc. today
announced support for the
Microsoft Windows Embedded CE
6.0 platform within its
patented data management
software. Datalight Reliance
and FlashFX Pro can double
performance on Windows
Embedded CE 6.0 when
implemented together.
As embedded device
memory requirements grow more
complex, the case for
professional data management
software becomes more
compelling. Datalight FlashFX
Pro is a flash media manager
that offers drop-in support
for over 200 different flash
parts. Reliance is a file
system that gives developers
control over performance
without risking data
corruption. When used
together, Reliance and FlashFX
Pro create a seamless flash
file system that vastly
outperforms native and "home
grown" solutions, with
performance increases for some
operations of over 200%.
FlashFX Pro
is ideally suited for projects
where performance cannot be
sacrificed. Test results have
shown that when using FlashFX
Pro in a Windows Embedded CE
6.0 environment, write
performance on NAND flash can
be increased by more than
200%, while read performance
improves by at least 20%...
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08.08.2007Inside CNET Labs: Windows Vista SP1 performance
The long-awaited Service Pack 1 update for Windows Vista brings with it a number of significant bug fixes and other improvements. Microsoft promises
that with it you will also see a number of noticeable performance improvements as well. In
our initial round of testing, we saw a mixed bag of results:
we saw a few notable performance improvements under some conditions as well as significant performance degradations in others. For the most part,
however, we saw little difference in performance between Vista and the Vista SP1 update.
As we dug a little deeper into
Microsoft's claims, we discovered that many of the performance improvements being touted aren't actually directly attributable to SP1. Many
of the claimed performance improvements, such as improved boot-time, are actually more a function of improved third-party drivers and applications
that are benefiting from a year's worth of programming for Vista and from the programmers getting continued feedback and guidance from Microsoft. So
as long as you have been diligent about keeping your Vista system current with the latest Windows updates and third-party drivers, you likely
already have many of the potentially performance improving enhancements.
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14.02.2008AMD's website paints Barcelona performance pictures not seen in the real world
If you visit AMD's website and look at Barcelona's performance numbers you'll see a very rosy picture. Benchmarks there show performance numbers
which most would desire. And yet, if you turn to the real-world benchmarks published today, the situation is much different.
The
first benchmark listed on AMD's website is called VMmark Performance. It shows a 3.2 GHz Opteron 2224 SE compared to a non-existent Barcelona
Opteron 2360 SE. They also use a "VMware ESX 3.5 experimental build 55263" release which is not available to the public. VMware's website shows
VMware ESX Server 3i as their current product, which on build 52542.
The increase in performance for this benchmark is 124% over
the much faster clocked 880 system. That's more than double the performance and it shows just how advanced Barcelona is over their previous
architecture. And yet to obtain these high performance numbers, AMD is using a publicly unavailable processor on an build of VMware ESX, which is
also not available. These numbers are not something we can duplicate in the real world, or even take advantage of yet. They show only what is
possible with Barcelona, not what's available.
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10.09.2007How to Use Firewall Management Solutions to Improve Firewall Performance and Security
Firewall administration involves constantly searching for ways to improve firewall management, increase firewall performance and remove network
security threats. Keeping a firewall properly configured and operating at peak efficiency is a constant challenge for network administrators. With the
right kind of firewall management technology, Knowledge Center contributor Dr. Avishai Wool explains how you can rid your firewall of clutter and
improve its security and performance.
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03.09.2008House subcommittee votes up performance rights bill
In an unsurprising move but during a surprisingly short markup session this morning, the House Subcommittee on the Internet and Intellectual Property
voted to recommend the Performance Rights Act to the floor of the House...
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26.06.2008Engineering Windows 7 Graphics Performance
Steven Sinofsky: One of the areas of any release of Windows that receives a significant amount of testing and scrutiny is the performance of
graphicsdesktop graphics all the way to the most extreme CAD and game graphics. The amazing breadth of hardware supported for Windows and the broad
spectrum of usage scenarios contributes to a vibrant ecosystem with many different goalsfrom just the basics to the highest frame rates on multiple
monitors possible. In engineering Windows 7 we set out to improve the śreal worldť performance of graphics as well as continue to improve the most
extreme elements of graphics...
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