Just got back from updating Vista Ultimate to SP2...

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  1. Posts : 268
    Windows® 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
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    Just got back from updating Vista Ultimate to SP2...


    Now I really appreciate W7U that much more because it puts Vista to shame!!!
    Vista is SO SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW it's not funny!!! Takes forever (seems that way after W7U!) to bootup or shutdown or install a program or anything!!!

    I couldn't wait to get it updated & make my backup image of it so I could come back to 7!
    Now I "Officially" HATE Vista Ultimate!!!
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  2. OEM
    Posts : 617
    OS3.5
       #2

    Watch Out ...The Muff1n Mans Gone Loco!
    Armed and at the Ready

    I hear ya, I haven't booted in to xp or vista in weeks. In fact I reinstalled both on a new drive and thats as far as I got. No service packs, drivers, nothing, not even activated.

    Have no desire to do so either. lol

    Seven's a breeze to get up and running compared to what is needed for xp & vista.
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  3. Posts : 623
    vista x64/ win 7 x64
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    weird, i yet have to find the difference between the 2.
    My double boot has equal setup's, same app's same background services.

    Boots the same speed, comes out of sleep on both under 1 second.

    I really honestly tried to find a real difference, and all i found was a slightly diminished footprint (about 100 mb) and a minor drop in idle processor load in 7.
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  4. Posts : 9,606
    Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
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    My one lonely Vista computer has 18 months of dust covering it. No desire to turn it on. Building a new AMD x64 box today for Win7

    " Doc "
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  5. Posts : 617
    windows 7 RTM
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    win 7 is much much better than vista&xp now and we aint even had RTM yet he he
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  6. Posts : 16,132
    7 X64
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    No practical difference between clean install Vista SP2 and 7 for me.

    It took Vista a few startups to get boot up to speed after installing - it boots faster than 7 now.

    If you don't boot into it for awhile - it will seem sluggish at first as it does it's housekeeping.

    After that it will fly - if you have the same in startup, Task scheduler, same installed apps. , same background services as you do in 7.

    Like with like - no difference in responsivenes or performance on my system.
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  7. Posts : 268
    Windows® 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
    Thread Starter
       #7

    SIW2 said:
    No practical difference between clean install Vista SP2 and 7 for me.

    It took Vista a few startups to get boot up to speed after installing - it boots faster than 7 now.

    If you don't boot into it for awhile - it will seem sluggish at first as it does it's housekeeping.

    After that it will fly - if you have the same in startup, Task scheduler, same installed apps. , same background services as you do in 7.

    Like with like - no difference in responsivenes or performance on my system.
    I DO have all the same programs installed as on 7 & on my system there's a HUGE diff in speed, OS size, OS resource usage & memory usage!
    W7 is blazing fast & Vista is Snail Slow!
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  8. Posts : 16,132
    7 X64
       #8

    Well, I wonder why that is.
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  9. Posts : 716
    XP Pro & Vista Home Premium (x86); Windows Ultimate 7600 x64 Retail
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    SIW2 said:
    Well, I wonder why that is.
    I cannot explain Petrosa's results, but looking at your specs SIW2 have you considered upgrading your memory to 4GB+?

    It does make a difference...
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  10. Posts : 16,132
    7 X64
       #10

    My results are not dissimilar from Petrosa's - and I am using 2gb, so I don't think having large amounts of Ram is responsible for those results.

    Thought about adding some Ram - never got round to it. Works very well as it is. It is also handy in cases like - see my first sentence.

    I think Petrosa explained it - he has a good machine - so Vista is in it's element. And he was comparing like with like install and setups of the 2 o/s.

    I have a similar experience ( despite only having 2gb of Ram ).

    Most people are not doing that it seems.
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