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Faster than XP? Can you please elaborate on this? I'm a long time Windows internals geek although haven't seen a windows PC in a long while, so I'm genuinely cu
by old-gregg 17y ago
Faster than XP? Can you please elaborate on this? I'm a long time Windows internals geek although haven't seen a windows PC in a long while, so I'm genuinely curious.
- reedlaw 17y agoI haven't benchmarked it, but subjectively speaking, the boot time is greatly improved, applications launch faster, and file operations are speedier, with the exception of opening an image in Windows Photo Viewer, which for some reason takes 2-3 seconds.
- misterbwong 17y agoA lot of the perceived speed comes from barely-noticeable tweaks to the UI. Win7 does benchmark a bit faster than Vista, but it really is the UI (window response/refresh times, etc) that makes a world of difference.
- litewulf 17y ago(In general, people notice response time not throughput. I think thats a bit difficult to capture in benchmarks.)
- leviathant 17y agoI've similarly upgraded a Win XP laptop to Windows 7 RC, and it is noticeably snappier. This led me to pre-order an upgrade copy during the half-off sale, which is something I'd otherwise never recommend. However, given my surprisingly good experience with the beta and the release candidate, I was very much convinced to make the move to Win 7 ASAP.