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Subject: Re: I am surprised: under XP programs run up to 10% faster than under 98!

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 22:30:20 03/31/03

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On March 31, 2003 at 23:58:47, Jouni Uski wrote:

>My new PC is now fixed (they replaced whole mainboard). I compared some test
>runs under XP Pro to old Windows98 SE test and surprised: specially Ruffian now
>runs 10% faster and also Fritz8 2-5% faster (including Fritzmark). I sure didn't
>except this. Only minor drawback is, that XP takes more RAM, but it's only
>10-15MB more. So Microsoft has something right, when they claim programs run
>faster in XP.
>
>Jouni

Another thing is that Windows XP does NOT automatically set your programs
compatible with Windows XP, but it does set them up compatible to Windows 95.
For Fritz 8, Shredder 7.04 etc you need to right click the icon for your Fritz 8
then click under property and chose compatibility and select Windows 2000 which
is the closest to Windows XP NOT Windows 95.

Pichard.



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