Windows 7 Will Consume Less Disk Space than Vista How To: Reduce Disk Space Used By Windows Vista System Restore Improved Disk Defragmenter in Windows 7 with Status Report and Free Space & Parallel Concurrent Defrag Support Windows 7 Drives RAM Ccapacity Explosion; Vista SP2 Usage Rising Bill Gates wants to go to space Minimem - Optimizing Windows Memory Usage 1000GB of space for Email at mailnation.net Bill Gates Headed For Space, Says Cosmonaut Usage Monitor 1.9.0.0 Kernel Memory Space Analyzer Version 8.1 and guide Usage of second-hand computer
How to install Windows 7 on a virtual hard disk - VHD Windows Live Onecare beta ate my hard disk Insert disk....
How to Rearm and Extend Free Usage Activation Grace Period of Windows 7 to 120 Days How to archive on disk drives Mozilla's browsers global usage share is still growing Microsoft IE Usage Slips Since January; Firefox Gains Auslogics Disk Defrag 1.1.4.217 Hard disk test 'surprises' Google Hitachi Ships 1TB Hard Disk Drive Minimem - Automatically Lower, Optimize or Reduce the Memory Usage for Any Running Program at Interval How can I install Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 to a virtual hard disk (VHD) file? How to Rearm and Extend Office 2010 Activation Grace Period for Free 180 Days Usage Windows XP SP3 Twice as Fast as Windows Vista Leaves Vista SP1 in the Dust Windows Vista Wow! Forget about Vista SP1, XP SP3 and Windows 7! Windows Vista SP1 vs. Windows Vista RTM vs. Windows XP SP2 Vista SP1 RC1 Flies Past Vista RTM and Windows XP SP2 Vista SP1 Won't Resolve the 4 GB RAM Limitation of 32-bit Windows Vista Vista Loader 2.1.3 - Windows Vista Activator 2008 Support SP1 with No Boot StringYesterday, the first screenshots of Microsoft's "Morro" Anti-Virus software leaked to the web, and today, the whole application followed suit.
With a UI similar to that of Windows Defender, Microsoft Security Essentials (aka. "Morro") is Microsoft's upcoming free Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware solution, based on the core of Microsoft's current paid solution, OneCare. Windows Live OneCare subscribers will find their subscriptions expiring on June 30th this year, with MSE's final release anticipated shortly after.
I decided to take the opportunity today to gather some basic performance statistics on Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) including what kind of impact it has on system performance. I installed MSE on my own system with the following specifications:
I analyzed the total boot time, from the moment the boot screen appears to the moment the desktop finishes loading, shut down time, total system memory usage and total disk usage. Here are the results:
Before Installation:
After Installation:
If that wasn't enough to impress, MSE took only a mere 25 seconds to install. It is quite clear from these results that MSE has very little impact on system performance and only takes up roughly 170MB of disk space once fully updated, which is more than reasonable compared to other security software.
A few notes about these results however. First and foremost, this is still pre-release software. MSE's impact on system performance may differ in the final release, and these results should not be used to judge the final product. Second, the memory usage results are based on a system with 8GB of RAM. Applications are designed to allocate more memory on systems with more RAM, therefore it is more important to look at the percentage of RAM used and not the total amount, as the results will vary on systems with less RAM. Finally, all of these tests were performed on a system with a Solid State Drive, which are still fairly uncommon in most systems today, and the timing may differ on systems with Hard Disk Drives.
All in all though, so far, MSE is showing the signs of a true competitor. Of course, nothing can really be said until the scanning engine is put to the test.
jcxp.net - 18.06.2009Comparing Browsers' Memory Usage
The resource usage of browsers is an important aspect in modern-day computing, because the browser is taking on an ever more important role in
day-to-day computing tasks. Hence, it may come as no surprise that many complaints regarding browsers are not about rendering speed or rendering
quality, but about resource usage. Dot Net Perls ran an interesting benchmark on
Windows Vista SP1, comparing 5 browsers to each other.
winbeta.org - 25.06.2008Vista use grows as Mac OS X stays flat
Windows Vista's share of
online users has increased
every month this year, while
rival Mac OS X -- to which
Vista has often been compared
-- has shown little, if any,
growth, a metrics company
reports.
According to
Net
Applications, in June
Windows Vista accounted for
4.52% of all systems that
browsed the Web, up from
January's 0.18%. Vista grew
its usage share each month
since its release to consumers
Jan. 30, hitting 0.93% in
February, 2.04% in March,
3.02% in April and 3.74% in
May. Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X,
meanwhile, accounted for 6.22%
in January, hit its high point
of 6.46% in May, but slipped
back to 6% in June.
If Vista's uptake trend
continues, it should pass Mac
OS X in Web usage share by the
end of August. ..
winbeta.org - 23.07.2007Memory Usage of Chrome, Firefox 3.5, et al.
This experiment graphs the memory usage of Chrome and Firefox 3.5 (along with Safari and Opera)
over a series of 150 Web page loads using an automated script. Firefox 3.5 shows the lowest memory usage in all categories, including average memory
usage, maximum memory usage, and final memory usage. Chrome uses over 1 GB of memory due to its process architecture. Safari 4 and Opera show memory
usage degradation over time, while Chrome and Firefox 3.5 are more reliable in freeing memory to the OS.
winbeta.org - 21.06.2009Windows Vista Power Management Guide for Notebooks
Since the introduction of the Windows Vista operating system, there have been many rumours and complaints made about the way that the operating
system manages power settings and how this can impact the battery life and usage on notebook computers. Generally, Windows Vista manages power as well
as its predecessor, Windows XP, although in some configurations it can be a little more demanding on your battery.
This guide
will help you get the most out of your notebook battery when running Windows Vista.
winbeta.org - 01.01.2008ActiveWin.com: Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate - Review
ActiveWin have just posted
their 72-page, 200+ screenshot
(Part 1) review of Microsoft
Windows Vista, ActiveWin's
largest and most in-depth
review in ten years. In the
review, we have broken down
the information into 28
different sections, including
(but not limited to): Windows
Activation, Pricing,
Installation, Daily Usage,
Media Center, Windows Mail,
DirectX 10, Gaming, Defender,
IE 7, ReadyBoost, Developer
Technologies, Sidebar, Windows
Media Player 11, and much much
more. Moreover, we have
included respective
screenshots where applicable.
Here is an excerpt:
I would describe the Windows
DVD Maker interface as
straight forward because of
its wizard based approach to
creating a movie, the part
where I probably got a
confused is the options link
located at the bottom of the
window. Here you can
personalize how your DVD is
played, whether it starts with
a menu, play and end with
video or play in continuous
loop. You can then choose your
aspect ratio, 4:3 or 16:9 and
then the Video format, NTSC
(National Television System's
Committee - color standard) or
PAL (Phase alternation line -
colour encoding system used in
broadcast television systems).
It's not so bad, if you find
any of it confusing, you can
click the "How do I change my
DVD settings"? This will give
a run down of what each
setting does. I almost forgot,
you can choose where temporary
files are stored, in my case
it's recommended, since the
partition on which I am
running Vista is very low on
disk space.
neowin.net - 30.01.2007Windows 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.
winbeta.org - 29.05.2009Microsoft: Fast start for Vista in businesses
Microsoft is predicting that
Windows Vista will be adopted
by companies at twice the
speed as its predecessor,
Windows XP.
Twelve
months after the release of
Vista, Microsoft expects that
usage share of the oft-delayed
operating system in businesses
will be double that of XP a
year after it shipped, said
Brad Goldberg, general manager
for Windows product management
at the software maker.
"Vista is built for
businesses," Goldberg said.
"We're giving businesses the
tools they need to get out of
the gate faster with
Vista...Our goal is to have
twice as fast deployment of
Vista than for any other
operating system."
Microsoft declined to give
its own figures on Windows
XP's usage percentages, and
instead referred to research
by IDC. According to the
analyst company, XP was
installed on about 10 percent
of enterprise PCs after a
year. That would put the goal
for Vista at 20 percent.
neowin.net - 01.10.2006Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Beta Whitepaper
When developing Windows Vista, Microsoft set out to provide higher levels of productivity, mobility, and security, with lower costs. After more than
six months of broad availability and usage, it's evident that these investments are improving the Windows computing experience. For example, in the
first six months of use, Windows Vista had fewer security issues than Windows XP (Windows Vista had only 12 issues, and Windows XP had 36). According
to the Windows Vista 6-Month Vulnerability Report by Jeffery R. Jones, Windows Vista had fewer security issues than all the popular operating systems
he studied.
Although most companies are cautious when deploying a new operating system, many have already started testing and
evaluating Windows Vista for deployment, and some have already deployed Windows Vista into their production environments and begun seeing the business
benefits Windows Vista can provide.
Microsoft's efforts to provide the best Windows experience ever in Windows Vista did not end
with its launch. This white paper describes the ways Microsoft strives to continuously improve Windows Vista. It then introduces Windows Vista Service
Pack 1 (SP1) and describes how the service pack will fit into the ongoing improvement process.
winbeta.org - 29.08.2007Microsoft predicts Vista stampede
Software giant claims
businesses will rush to
upgrade to Vista, but analysts
paint a different picture
Microsoft is
predicting that Windows Vista
will be adopted by companies
twice as fast as its
predecessor, Windows XP.
Twelve months after
the release of Vista,
Microsoft expects that usage
share of the oft-delayed
operating system in businesses
will be double that of XP a
year after it shipped, said
Brad Goldberg, general manager
for Windows product management
at the software maker.
"Vista is built for
businesses," Goldberg said.
"We're giving businesses the
tools they need to get out of
the gate faster with Vista...
Our goal is to have twice as
fast deployment of Vista than
for any other operating
system."
Microsoft declined to give
its own figures on Windows
XP's usage percentages, and
instead referred to research
by IDC. According to the
analyst company, XP was
installed on about 10 percent
of enterprise PCs after a
year. That would put the goal
for Vista at 20 percent.
neowin.net - 02.10.2006Inside Vista SP1 File Copy Improvements
Mark Russinovich: Windows Vista SP1 includes a number of enhancements over the original Vista release in the areas of application compatibility,
device support, power management, security and reliability. You can see a detailed list of the changes in the Notable Changes in Windows Vista Service
Pack 1 whitepaper that you can download here. One
of the improvements highlighted in the document is the increased performance of file copying for multiple scenarios, including local copies on the
same disk, copying files from remote non-Windows Vista systems, and copying files between SP1 systems. How were these gains achieved? The answer is a
complex one and lies in the changes to the file copy engine between Windows XP and Vista and further changes in SP1. Everyone copies files, so I
thought it would be worth taking a break from the Case of posts and dive deep into the evolution of the copy engine to show how SP1 improves its
performance.
Copying a file seems like a relatively straightforward operation: open the source file, create the destination, and
then read from the source and write to the destination. In reality, however, the performance of copying files is measured along the dimensions of
accurate progress indication, CPU usage, memory usage, and throughput. In general, optimizing one area causes degradation in others. Further, there is
semantic information not available to copy engines that could help them make better tradeoffs. For example, if they knew that you werent planning on
accessing the target of the copy operation they could avoid caching the files data in memory, but if it knew that the file was going to be immediately
consumed by another application, or in the case of a file server, client systems sharing the files, it would aggressively cache the data on the
destination system.
winbeta.org - 05.02.2008Google shows off PowerMeter, monitor your utility usage
Google, in its continuous effort to help us all go green, has started to rollout Google PowerMeter. PowerMeter is a Google gadget that will help you
regulate your homes power usage. The idea is simple, if you can monitor and measure your own power usage then you will be able to help reduce your
utility bill by observing where you are wasting energy. Google has teamed up with a list of power providers that have begun installing new smart
meters that when paired with PowerMeter allow the user to observe their power usage.
Read full story.....
neowin.net - 20.05.2009Western Digital announces 1TB 2.5" Hard-drive
Earlier today, Western Digital announced two additions to their hard-drive range, including a 1 terabyte (1024 Gigabytes) 2.5" Laptop Hard-disk drive
and a 750 GB 2.5" Laptop Hard-disk drive. Western digital was able to expand mobile hard disk space to 1 TB and 750 GB by "A slight increase in
overall drive height has driven storage capacity for 2.5-inch form factor drives upwards to a realm once thought to be impossible. " The hard disks
are also claimed to be "whisper silent", and to run very quietly, even during heavy operations.
Read full story.....
neowin.net - 28.07.2009Home media server runs embedded Vista
Crestron has announced a digital media server that runs an embedded version of Windows Vista. The ADMS (Adagio Digital Music System) includes a DVD or
Blu-ray disk drive, up to 1TB of RAID hard disk storage, Internet Explorer, plus HDMI, S/PDIF, and component outputs, says Crestron.
winbeta.org - 19.09.2008Vista SP2 and Server 2008 SP2: watch this space
As some of you may recall, Windows Server 2008 shipped with SP1 already installed. Microsoft
made this decision in order to synchronize the Windows client and server release schedule. As such, SP2 will be released simultaneously for both Vista
and Server 2008. Earlier this month Microsoft put up Knowledge Base Article 948465, a
placeholder for both Windows Vista SP2 and Windows Server 2008...
winbeta.org - 15.10.2008