Simply, Microsoft is "promoting" Microsoft Internet Explorer by creating programs on the Microsoft Test Drive.
First, let's look at the Penguin Mark Benchmark on Microsoft Test Drive.
Results on the same Windows 8 PC made Chrome 26 have only a score of < 200 where as Internet Explorer 10 had a score of > 26000.
Clearly Penguin Mark was built to make IE10 look good, but it's still a browser. Chrome and Opera don't quite beat it on my PC and definitely on my Mac (I use BrowserStack). Opera 12.15 doesn't even score anything, and Chrome 21 scores... well... 21.
Next let's look at Audio Explosion. If you're not using Internet Explorer 10, an annoying alert box pops up that says "You are using a browser that doesn't support MSGesture APIs. You aren't getting the best experiences the Internet has to offer! Upgrade to the latest version of Internet Explorer to see what the Web has been waiting for!" even if you have a Mac.
MSGesture API? What? You probably haven't heard of it even as an HTML5 developer. This OBVIOUSLY stands for Microsoft Gesture APIs, which means an annoying thing to Mac users. Since when did you trust Microsoft? (unless you love PCs).
The Mandelbrot Explorer shows my least favorite results. It shows IE 10 as two times faster than Chrome and about 20% faster than Firefox. Look: IE 10, Chrome 23, and Firefox 16.
Did they skew it by emphasizing the test for IE or by outdating the versions?
This is just three tests on Microsoft's Test Drive.
If Microsoft is viewing this post, then I'm sorry, I'm just a Windows hater. I'm sorry I hate you, but I <3 your rival: Apple.
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