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• First look at Redstone 3

  Posted on April 7, 2017 at 17:04 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  When you first run the first public build of Redstone 3 — which is to say, Windows 10 build 16170 — Edge pops up with a speed diagram.

  See anything weird about the speed dials?

  They aren’t zero-based. They aren’t logarithmic. They’re just, simply, deceptive. Unabashedly so.

  I don’t care if Chrome is 8.3% slower than Edge. I don’t care much that Firefox is 17.1% slower. Do you?

  And why the deception?

  C’mon Microsoft. We aren’t that stupid.

  UPDATE: So I ran the Octane 2 test using this new Edge on build 16170. The graph says 31,586. My machine says 22,381. Then I re-started Edge, using the default Start page, created a new tab and ran the test again. Score 17,227. So I re-started Edge, navigated from the default Start page to the Octane 2 page, ran the test again. Score 22,779.

  Clean run of freshly installed Chrome on the same machine: 23,383.

  Rebooted. Ran the test on Edge again. 19,446

  Rebooted. Ran the test on Chrome again. 21,522

  Windows News 16170, Edge, speed test

• Windows 10 beta build 16170 arrives. If you want to stay on 1703, opt out of Insider

  Posted on April 7, 2017 at 13:21 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  If you’re currently running a Windows Insider beta test machine and you want to catch your breath while MS rushes on to Redstone 3, it’s easy to opt out.

  Otherwise, you Fast Ringers are about to get the first Redstone 3 beta build.

  Details in InfoWorld Woody on Windows.

  Windows News 16170, Redstone 3