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Like the article title, there is no clear winner but it does look like certain operations have been optimised on each platform in response to, I'd guess, expect
by nicholassmith 14y ago
Like the article title, there is no clear winner but it does look like certain operations have been optimised on each platform in response to, I'd guess, expected user needs. Which isn't surprising, but it is interesting seeing what specifically each OS designer thinks is the expected use that does require time spent optimising.
Also, quite an in-depth piece of coverage, a lot of benchmarking doesn't take real world into account and just runs 3DMarks or similar.
- stephencanon 14y agoIf there are cases important to you as a user, file bug reports about the performance. OS developers can (and will) guess about what scenarios are most performance-critical, but feedback from developers and users ("doing X is important to me, and is slow on your system" / "why is Y slower on your system than on your competitors" / etc) is enormously valuable and quite welcome. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. Speaking as an OS developer, poor performance absolutely is a bug, and your bug report will be taken seriously.
- nicholassmith 14y agoI don't think it's specifically poor performance, but places that have attracted more optimisation attention. An operating system is a big old chunk of work, and not every element can be honed to a fine edge. It's good that OS developers do actually respond and focus on areas users have flagged up as well, builds better systems.