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Speed 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 comparison (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] carrylex@lemmy.world 28 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

At first: Stop posting Tomshardware! They just bulk repost ad-enriched low quality clickbait content without validating anything (cough 9700X3D). Just post the original video.

As the video creator said in it's disclaimer, the test is probably not accurate:

  • I'm having serious doubts about the test setup. The laptops are all on a carpet directly facing a wall. There is a 0% chance that this is using proper air circulation and this will likely effect heat dissipation.
  • Some tests (e.g. Video editing, Battery life) are extremly hardware dependent and shouldn't be used in a OS comparison.
[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 19 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Okay but can't we just post an article?

Why does everything need to be a video? I am more sick of Everything needs to be a video then I am of This meeting could've be an email.

[–] sexhaver87@sh.itjust.works 17 points 5 days ago

I think their main issue lies with Tomshardware, not the medium of an article

[–] python@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

It's the same exact laptop, the tests ran sequentially but were edited so that the video shows them in parallel. Since it's the same hardware in each test and only the OS changes, it's a perfectly fine setup for comparison.