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I never witnessed a new Windows version being faster than the previous one.

• where-group-by 2y ago
  It did happen when migrating from Windows 7 to Windows 8. At least in terms of boot times, I'm unsure about general performance.
  • rolph 2y ago
    windows 8 lasted about a week for me, then was the prompt that i took to toss it all away and swig deeply of the gnu koolaid. i still have one w7 system to work with older machines, but its no more interesting than a screwdriver.
  • piperswe 2y ago
    Same experience here. On a little netbook, Windows 8 had a small but noticeable performance boost over Windows 7.
• vladvasiliu 2y ago
  I don't know. I'm not a heavy Windows user, only boot it from time to time to play some game or fiddle around in Photoshop. On my 4th gen-equivalent Xeon I saw a noticeable increase in perceived snappiness. This wasn't even a fresh install, but an upgrade from win10 with a "patched" installer that would allow me to use my "unsupported" pc. Even on a newer laptop it feels very snappy for most desktop interactions. Windows 10 was a clear downgrade compared to 7, everything just felt laggy. I've never used 8 to be able to compare. Now I'm not saying windows 11 is great, mind. There are still are a boatload of rough edges, especially around the new UI. It's just that "it's slow" is not one of the reasons why I'd never daily drive windows.
• Salgat 2y ago
  Upgrading to Windows 7 from XP on my netbook surprisingly ran a lot smoother, also fixed a driver issue I had with the audio. In general though I notice no changes to performance between Windows versions, partly because the system requirements for Windows is so tiny to begin with (since it's designed to run on even old laptops).