Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoSpeed 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 comparisonwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1740arrow-down117
arrow-up1723arrow-down1external-linkSpeed 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 comparisonwww.tomshardware.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-squareDamarus@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down5·4 days agoThis is not a proper test. Windows does optimizations on the first few boots which makes the startup take longer. As it’s not mentioned in the video, we have to assume this was not accounted for, which completely invalidates the results.
minus-squareBakkoda@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down2·4 days agoI thought it being Toms was enough to discount any actual evidence.
minus-squareAceBonobo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·4 days agoTom’s has become a disappointment. It’s been like that for years, since the buyout.
minus-squareBakkoda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·4 days agoPhoenix, Ars, Tom’s… It’s all shit now
This is not a proper test. Windows does optimizations on the first few boots which makes the startup take longer. As it’s not mentioned in the video, we have to assume this was not accounted for, which completely invalidates the results.
I thought it being Toms was enough to discount any actual evidence.
Tom’s has become a disappointment. It’s been like that for years, since the buyout.
Phoenix, Ars, Tom’s… It’s all shit now