robotmaker
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This tread is mostly about using WINDOWS XP IN A ROBOT and comparing it to windows 7 i see a lot of it off topic
Here is somethings i found out by testing both windows XP and windows 7
Now i have 2.4ghz dual processor with 3 gig memory and using 32 bit systems both windows 7 and windows XP and windows XP on a bench mark test shows it was much faster,now with a 64 bit windows 7 it was a lot faster.
But the windows 7 draw almost double current then windows XP THAT why if you check every professional robot over $1000 and some over $12000 like the one i am getting soon hanson ROBOKIND that just came out,none uses windows 7,robot cost more so they can easy add it,but they dont
Hi Rich,
Great work so far. Just a quick question, I see your running tests for Windows 7 Enterprise. Would Win 7 Home Premium return close to the same results using the updates and tweaks you used? I don't expect you to go through the extra work to run tests. Only your respected opinion.
I only use Enterprise as it's easier when I have to keep reinstalling. Basically put without going too deep in to the differences, Home Premium & Enterprise should be pretty much the same. Enterprise is basically the same as Ultimate but has a few extras that aren't available to the public (nothing great mind you).
The comparison chart is on wikipedia
I plan to do a test on Windows 7 32bit also, with the exact same settings as a previous test to show the difference between 32 and 64 bit power consumption.
The nuts and bolts of it all are the same for these tests purposes.
Thanks rich. I will be looking forword to the 32 test.
I do see i something on that comparison chart on windows 7 ,that supports ends 1-14-2020 Also found out the the end of support for windows xp has been extended to (Extended Support Period (2014-04-08) here is a link to that info
comparison of windows xp
some other info on building a special environment for windows 7 and windows xp called WINPE and the software you can get free from microsoft called WAIK toolkit here is a link to info on it
wiki WINPE
Trying not to be insulting but building a WinPE build capable of giving full functionality to ARC is probably beyond most of the community. Bearing in mind that the whole WinPE environment is an exploit mainly used by administrators to give flexibility for the NTFS file system that DOS cannot support.
Here is the links to both of them,it seems to be like XPLITE but free free
winpe for windows xp
winpe for windows 7
It's very basic unattended installation software, there are better, much better. I would personally recommend nlite for xp and rt7lite for 7. But again, be careful what you turn off, especially with these unattended helpers as it physically removes the programs from the installation disc meaning you cannot add them if you find something else doesn't work because you removed something you thought wasn't needed.
Go back a few pages and you will find links to Black Viper (the internet's best resource for stripping down windows) and the ultimate tweaking guide, both should be fully understood before attempting anything remotely linked to optimising your system.
PS your XP WinPE links to Vista not XP...