[General Questions and Answers] daveynielsen:
I'd like to start by saying this is my first post. I have used XDA since I got my HTC Vision and am a huge fan of this website, I would like to start with a comparison of CM9 Beta 6 with beta 7 kernel and Virtuous Quattro RC3

I am coming the Virtuous G-Lite v1.0.7 rom and absolutely love the speed and battery, but I think its time to upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich.

After I test these two today I will let you know what I think of the two. Looking forward to your responses and why.

Here's what I will mainly be looking for

Overall speed

Battery life

Keyboard backlight

Fast switching b/w apps especially Messaging & Browser

Fast web browser

Working GPS

Toggles (Wifi, BT, Torch, GPS, Data & Brightness)

Customization / Options

Cyanogen Mod 9.0.0 RC0 Beta 6 w/ Beta 7 kernel (for working wifi)

Likes

Seemed pretty zippy, didnt install all my apps. Quadrant score of 2251 at max CPU frequency. opening up phone was a tad slow.

Cant get an accurate rating on the battery life but 4% went by when testing everything in about 15 min.

keyboard backlight works! does NOT need to be set to auto in order to work.

Messaging opens swiftly, browser opening and home page load was sub-par

GPS works perfectly

Like the toggles above the date, saves room. easy set up

Nice homescreen options, themes, profiles, lock screen shortcuts, dev options/performace, also like how the "turn on USB storage" screen pops up as soon as you connect your USB :D

Dislikes

Not too much to complain about seems like a good daily ROM. Everything seems to work fine. Unfortunately due to time and impatience I cant get a good grip on how decent the battery life was. If you know this please let me know! I have only read about it having bad battery life..

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1492461

Virtuous Quattro RC3

Likes

Seemed faster than CM9. Scored a 2195 on Quadrant, 3489 for CPU.

Battery life isnt as good as G-lite so far, seems better than CM9. Have read someone got 30% bettet than gingerbread?

keyboard backlight only works if "auto brightness" is selected

no lag between apps it seems, once again, I have not backed up all my apps that I normally have..

Slight lag because of an auto google sign in

GPS works but is kind of laggy at initial opening, 2nd restart works perfect.

Toggles are great, many customizable options, has switches but also the classic press to turn on. I also liked the birghtess slider toggle vs 24% 50% 75% Auto. etc..

VERY customizable, cool tweaks with battery and clock in status bar, many options with lock screen pretty neat stuff! Also has the auto turn on usb storage, must be an ICS thing?

Overall seemed like a great ROM, better than CM9 in my opinion, came with the latest gapps so that was nice I didnt have to flash that. Also boots up very fast!

Max CPU can be set to 1920 MHz instead of 1843 MHz, I would never run it everyday at this speed, but again just a nice little tweak. Really like the Quattro Control.

Dislikes

Not much for dislikes besides all the initial lags with first time using of apps. I wish I did not have to have Auto Brightness on for the keypad to work, at night or in movies.. etc I would miss being able to have brightness all the way low AND have my keypad backlight. With Quattro, it only works with it on Auto (which in dark rooms is set to about 25%)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1424260

While both these two ICS seem to be a major improvement from Gingerbread, I am not sure if any ROM will beat the battery life of G-Lite v1.0.7! I could go for 2 hours before I went under 90%, with ICS it seems to drain pretty quick. If G-lite had the same type of toggles Quattro did, I would definitely be keeping G-lite. Anyways these were my opinions of CM9 and Quattro in comparison to GB. Let me know what you think! :)