JSI Tip 8435. The Windows XP Performance white paper.

The Windows XP Performance page begins with:

Abstract

Microsoft® Windows® XP offers excellent overall performance—which includes dramatically faster boot and resume times and highly responsive applications.

This white paper addresses some of the key performance improvements in Windows XP, and highlights some of the issues you should keep in mind when evaluating a system configuration. Major topics covered include:

• Memory and Performance
 
• Performance Evaluation
 
• Startup Performance
 
• Runtime Performance
 
• RAM Options
 
• Evaluation Issues

On This Page

 Introduction 
 Memory and Performance 
 Performance Evaluation 
 Startup Performance 
 Run-Time Performance 
 RAM Options 
 Evaluation Issues 
 Summary 
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Introduction

Microsoft® Windows® XP offers you many new features. And its excellent overall performance—which includes dramatically faster boot and resume times, along with highly responsive applications—creates the conditions for a very satisfying user experience.

For most computers that meet Microsoft's minimum recommended hardware requirements, Windows XP is the best-performing Windows operating system ever created. This paper addresses some of the key performance improvements in Windows XP, and highlights some of the issues you should keep in mind when evaluating a system configuration.

Because Windows XP is still in development, Microsoft is not able to provide you with hard performance numbers at this time—though benchmarks from an objective, third-party reviewer will be provided in the not-too-distant future. Until then, the information presented here will help you understand more about Windows XP and about its resource requirements.

Memory and Performance

Performance Evaluation

Startup Performance

Runtime Performance

RAM Options

Evaluation Issues

View the Windows XP Performance white paper.