Win 7 Beta Bests XP and Vista

"How does Windows 7 beta 1 compare to Vista and XP in terms of performance? That's a question that's been hitting my inbox regularly over the past few weeks. Let's see if we can't answer it!"

ZDnet ran a series of tests comparing the performance of XP, Vista and the Windows 7 beta on the same hardware.  The results were nearly a sweep, with Windows 7 finishing first in 42 of the 46 individual tests. Results like that a particularly impressive when you consider that Windows 7 is a beta build and most likely hasn't received any fine-tuning.  The more I hear, the more I'm anticipating good things from Windows 7.