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 eTesting Labs Inc has found Windows XP to be overall the fastest version of the Windows operating system ever created for a wide-range of desktop computing tasks. On average, Windows XP-based computers:  
- Run approximately 54% faster than Windows Me-based computers. 
 - Outperform Windows 98 SE-based computers by 46% on leading commercial benchmarks, and by 27% at startup. 
 - Perform equivalent to the record-setting speed of Windows 2000 Professional, even with the addition of extensive new productivity features. 
  
After testing Windows XP against earlier versions of Windows, the industry leading laboratory concludes: “Overall, our test results showed that both Windows XP Home Edition and Professional RC1 outperformed Windows Me and Windows 2000 Professional SP2 in overall system performance, time to perform a system startup, time to launch Photoshop 6.0.1, and time to resume to an active state from hibernation or standby modes.”
 
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