Final version of newest browser to reach Windows 7 'later this fall'
Microsoft Wednesday shipped a more polished preview of Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) for Windows 7. The Release Preview, as Microsoft named it, followed a rougher-edged Developer Preview issued in late July.

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Microsoft claimed that IE11 on Windows 7 was 37 percent faster than Chrome, 31 percent faster than Firefox and 41 percent faster than Opera Software's Opera, citing benchmark scores from the SunSpider JavaScript test suite.Ironically, Microsoft once dismissed JavaScript benchmark results as bogus. Three years ago, Dean Hachamovitch, the executive who heads the IE team, said speed trials like Sun Spider were "at best, not very useful, and at worst, misleading.
" That was during a time when rivals regularly trounced IE -- early builds of IE9 in particular, but prior to that, IE8 too -- in Sun Spider benchmark scores.
" That was during a time when rivals regularly trounced IE -- early builds of IE9 in particular, but prior to that, IE8 too -- in Sun Spider benchmark scores.
Microsoft Wednesday declined to disclose a release date for the final version of IE11 on Windows 7 but said it would launch "later this fall."
The release preview can be downloaded from Microsoft's download center or the IE website. Systems must be running Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1).
The release preview can be downloaded from Microsoft's download center or the IE website. Systems must be running Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1).
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