__/ [ AB ] on Tuesday 27 February 2007 16:22 \__
> Researcher finds Vista running Aero is slower than XP
>
>
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9011819&intsrc=hm_list
> http://tinyurl.com/2lq7wg
>
> February 26, 2007 (Computerworld) -- Vista's user interface suffers
> from more "friction" than its predecessor XP, a French analyst said
> today, and is actually a step back for Microsoft Corp. in its
> pursuit of Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X.
>
> In a reprise of research published last year, French analyst Andreas
> Pfeiffer oversaw testing (PDF format) of what he calls "User
> Interface Friction," the fluidity and/or reactivity of an operating
> system to commands. He likens UIF to the reaction -- fast or not --
> when stepping on a car's accelerator.
>
> "We realized that there are many things you don't easily capture
> when you do normal benchmarking, such as elements in the user
> interface that slow down the user," Pfeiffer explained.
That can't be true. Microsoft /paid/ for a study that shows it ain't the
case...
Microsoft Claims Vista's Aero Interface Doesn't Slow PCs
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| Principled Technologies, which conducted the research for Microsoft, is
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| offering a download of the report.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196800080
Oh, well, they paid for other studies, too.
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| "(Microsoft manager:) I don't like the fact that the report show us losing
| on TCO on webservers. I don't like the fact that the report show us losing
| on availability (windows was down more than linux). And I don't like the
| fact that the reports says nothing new is coming with windows .net server."
|
| [...]
|
| "I don't like it to be public on the doc that we sponsored it because I
| don't think the outcome is as favorable as we had hoped. I just don't like
| competitors using it as ammo against us. It is easier if it doesn't mention
| that we sponsored it."
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http://www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/9000/PX09695.pdf
Then they ensured (by paying) that the link above will be broken.
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