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Video Card Benchmarking – Goodbye Vista and XP, Hello Windows 7

It's really been ages since I've done an editorial. I think what kind of happened is what always happens; you end up busy for a few weeks and don't get a chance to do it and by the time you finally have time to get back into it, you feel that so much time has past that it probably doesn't really matter if you do it or not. While editorials are something that I hope to bring back in the future, the reason for one today is due to the fact that we're going to be messing around with our VGA...
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Windows 7 on a Netbook 1gb vs 2gb

A couple weeks ago I compared Windows Xp that comes on the Acer Aspire One D250 to the new Windows 7 to basically find out how they compared to each other in terms of performance. The D250 I have comes with 1gig of ram, so As sort of a part two to that article I thought I’d toss in 2 gigs of ram and re-run all of my tests to see what, if any difference there might be between running 1 gig or 2 gigs. The results of the testing very much surprised me in that 2gigs doesn’t seem to be better at...
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Windows 7: A desktop user’s take

Does Windows 7 really live up to the hype? Is it a worthwhile upgrade over Vista and XP for desktop users and enthusiasts? We took the final release of Microsoft's next operating system for a prolonged spin in order to find out. Read...
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Windows 7 vs. Vista CPU & Memory Performance Comparison

We've had a good look into the VGA side of things when it comes to Windows 7. However, while for many people that's the most important section, it's not all of it. Today we'll be having a closer look at how some of the other components in our system run under the new operating system due out in just a few months. Today we'll be looking at two core components; the memory and the CPU. We’ll be using a triple channel memory configuration with our Core i7 920 processor clocked at 4GHz. We'll...
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Windows 7 (Final OEM) vs. Windows Vista VGA Performance

Today we'll be having a look at how the new Windows 7 operating system goes against Windows Vista which has really got a love / hate relationship going for so many people. The uptake on the OS was never great, which is the main reason why today we're still including XP in our graphics card benchmarks. The main focus today will be VGA performance; we'll have a look at one card in a number of our benchmarks and see how performance differs in the two operating systems. There isn't a whole lot...
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Windows 7, old-man rants, and luxury SSDs

Sit down, grab a drink, and enjoy another episode of the TR Podcast. This time, we've all been playing with Windows 7, Scott gives us an "old-man rant" on the current state of the laptop market, and we discuss the pros and cons of a $2,500 SSD. Read more Sit down, grab a drink, and enjoy another episode of the TR Podcast. This time, we've all been playing with Windows 7, Scott gives us an "old-man rant" on the current state of the laptop market, and we discuss the pros and cons of a...
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Four Kingston SSDNow E (Intel X25-E) SSDs in RAID 0 – Win 7

At the start of this year, we published an article looking at the performance of four Patriot Warp 2 SSDs in RAID 0 and saw remarkable results. In fact, our best maximum read speed topped out at an amazing 660MB/s. It was kind of a technology demonstration to show just what was possible on the storage front at that time. Today we are providing yet another one of those technology demonstration articles for the ultra high-end crowd. Kingston was kind enough to send over four of their SSDNow E...
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Windows 7 Release Date Confirmed, 22nd Oct. 2009

As we previously mentioned a few weeks back, thanks to Acer the supposed launch date for Windows 7 would be October this year (2009). Well the cat is out of the bag as such, and Microsoft have announced that the highly anticipated operating system and successor to Windows Vista, Windows 7, will be released on October the 22nd 2009! Perfect timing for the holiday season. This will be one of the shortest times between operating system launches for Microsoft with only around three years between...
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Dell indicates Windows 7 Pricing to be higher than expected.

Windows 7 pricing is potentially an obstacle to Windows 7 adoption for some users, though in just about every other aspect the operating system is beating Vista, according to a Dell marketing executive. "If there's one thing that may influence adoption, make things slower or cause customers to pause, it's that generally the ASPs (average selling price) of the operating systems are higher than they were for Vista and XP," Darrel Ward, director of product management for Dell's business client...
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How to install Windows 7 on -Almost- any Netbook!

Gizmodo have written a great how-to article to help anyone wanting to install Windows 7 on their netbook. With the release candidate now freely available, and working extremely well on netbooks, it is a great choice of operating system to run. Windows 7 has been optimized for netbook hardware, and is noticeably faster than Vista. Not to mention its free until next year, so why not? The only problem is installing it on a netbook can be a real hassle, due to the fact netbooks do not have DVD...
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Skip Vista, Go for Windows 7

The arrival of Windows 7 should put the final nail in the coffin for Windows Vista, one of the most disappointing products in software maker Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)'s recent history. "Skip Vista and target Windows 7," said Silver and Kleynhans. "Preparing for Vista will require the same amount of effort as preparing for Windows 7, so at this point, targeting Windows 7 would add less than six months to the schedule and would result in a plan that is more politically palatable, better for...
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How to get rid of Vista/Windows 7 Security Notifications (UAC)

For the first how-to guide here at revHardware I am going to cover one of the most common things I hear from people. That they are absolutely sick of having their PC come up and say "Windows needs your permission to continue" for the smallest little changes on their Windows Vista/7 based systems. Now a lot of us enthusiasts will already know about this, but I can tell you, if you are just switching to Vista or 7 this is the first question you are going to ask! So here is a very simple guide on...
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Windows 7 Public Release Candidate Launched!

Today Microsoft have announced the launch of their Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) to the public, free of charge and able to be used for one year. Windows 7 RC1 is a "near-final" version of the latest operating system Windows 7 and replaces all previous Beta builds. Computer enthusiasts, network administrators and developers will find the Release Candidate to be a great way to get a hands-on look at the latest operating system, before its release. You can freely download the Windows 7...
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Windows 7 “available” 23 October!

Yeah, you're thinking "Man, I thought this was revHardware, not revWindows7!".. but truth is, your hardware is 100% dependant on your software! So we believe in covering the entire picture of your computer system and keeping everyone informed with the latest news, So... Acer have been discussing their new all-in-one Z5600 model PC, and with this have confirmed Windows 7 will be pre-loaded from the 23rd of October 2009! Microsoft has previously been suggesting around January 2010 they will...
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Free copy of Windows 7!! (for a year)… yes really!

Microsofts latest operating system Windows 7 is well on its way now. The company is releasing its first public Release Candidate on the 5th of May this year, with a very interesting twist... Windows 7 RC1 will not expire until the 1st of June 2010!. This effectively means you can have a free copy of Windows 7 for a year, allowing testers, network engineers, system builders and developers a really good chance to get their hands right in to trialing the operating system, without having to fork...
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