Windows 7 Still Slow

Post by **Hammer** » Fri May 08, 2009 6:17 am

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>"Tests of the Windows 7 Release Candidate in a PC World Test Center found that while Windows 7 was slightly faster on our WorldBench 6 suite, the differences may be barely noticeable to users. The PCs tested were slightly faster when running Windows 7, but in no case was the overall improvement greater than 5 percent, considered to be a threshold for when an actual performance change is noticeable to the average user. One of the major complaints about Windows Vista was the fact that it was consistently slower than Windows XP. If Windows 7 can't significantly improve that situation, what chance does it have to convince people to move away from Windows XP?"</div>

Post by **Eagle** » Fri May 08, 2009 8:53 am

I have it running on one of my machines and it runs just fine and is no where near as bad as Vista for nagging.

It seems fast enough and also managed to get all drivers installed for existing hardware.

Post by **Rasputin** » Fri May 08, 2009 1:54 pm

I have Windows 7 running on one my boxes and it seems alot faster than server 2008 but I can't say that it any faster than my other box with Vista.

Post by **Claw** » Sat May 09, 2009 4:58 pm

I don't have it at all and I'm not experiencing any problems whatsoever...

Post by **Stocky** » Tue May 26, 2009 7:14 pm

Can somebody tell me, when the beta is complete & the retail version goes live, do you have to reinstall & start from scratch or is it just a case of purchasing (cough) & validating the beta?

Post by **Thane** » Tue May 26, 2009 7:47 pm

Start from scratch.

Post by **madman045** » Tue May 26, 2009 8:54 pm

Stocky wrote: Can somebody tell me, when the beta is complete & the retail version goes live, do you have to reinstall & start from scratch or is it just a case of purchasing (cough) & validating the beta?

Stocky the Beta has finished now (as its now at RC stage) but as said, you will need to install from scratch when the retail product is launched

Post by **Rasputin** » Sat Jun 13, 2009 7:08 pm

Got Windows 7 RC running on my wee acer one (1.6 Atom, 1 GB Ram blah blah) and it is smooth, alot smoother than VISTA was on it.