Re: Speed
Marc Brooks <[email protected]>
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>>> Thinking about future study/work plans... >>> Is Windows 7 going to be faster than XP? >> >> Yes, on identical hardware, seems zipper after a fresh repave (and >> full patch-cycle). >> > > Stated mildly, I'm incredulous. Sorry. left out that I. Zippier. his is a comparison on four machines I've repaved for myself and family. I had the time to muck about and repave them each twice to be sure it was better to push them to Win7 (where I can more easily support them due to less vulnerabilities, etc.) versus just starting over on XP. In each case, the Win7 Home Pro install was more responsive than the XP Home/Pro license (I reinstalled the original OS that the machine shipped with and patched-up). While part of the difference is no doubt due to less patch-thrash, I also believe that they shrunk kernel-level stuff so much in Win7 RC that more stays in line-cache... so it is faster. Two were laptops (both AMD) and two desktops (one Intel, one AMD). Memory ranged from 384K to 4GB. Processors ranged from an Intel 1GHz PIII (yes, really) to an AMD Turion X2 TL-56. -- Marc C. Brooks http://musingmarc.blogspot.com NOT sent from an iPhone