7 faster than vista? - a tiny bit maybe

Antman said:

No. The genetic differentiation is actually much less. Poetic license applied.

It only figures that you would be the one to call that.

Kudos.

It's hard not to feel extra-chuffed about that compliment when it comes from a man who just corrected somebody for calling a chimp a monkey. Thanks

what ram did people have on their pc's when vista first came out if you said vista machines had 1gb?

Tews said:

Antman said:

SquonkSC said:

...Even if MS changed only 10% of Vista to make W7, they changed the right 10%.

Similar to the 10% change in DNA between a chimp and a human.

And a monkey is still a monkey...

I think Chimps actually have 97% of the same DNA as a human -- I'm not a biologist but I'm sure I've seen these figures in a respectable magazine like "New Scientist" somewhere.

And of course it's still a "Simian" actually -- not a Monkey as another poster has pointed out.

Cheers
jimbo

Tews said:

As long as we're being techincal, it is a Pan troglodytes..

It's technical!

Tews said:

jimbo45 said:

Tews said:

And a monkey is still a monkey...

I think Chimps actually have 97% of the same DNA as a human -- I'm not a biologist but I'm sure I've seen these figures in a respectable magazine like "New Scientist" somewhere.

And of course it's still a "Simian" actually -- not a Monkey as another poster has pointed out.

Cheers
jimbo

As long as we're being techincal, it is a Pan troglodytes..

I wish we were neighbors. I would invite you over to enjoy my beautiful wife's delicious cooking. And throw eggs at your house.

So!, to recap... Win 7 faster and better than Vista then! Just what I thought

The netflix silverlight based app runs much better on Windows 7 for some reason - same 7 year old laptop 2ghz p4 1GB RAM with identical apps.

I think Microsoft unraveling the dispatcher lock issue is one of the key factors that makes 7 seem faster. Now, when one thread ties up the system, none of the others have to "wait". The way this used to look in the real world Vista, was an undesire-able freeze here and there, where Vista appeared to be stuck choking on itself. I do not see this particular issue much at all in 7, and for that reason, the OS seems snappy and faster..

More fuel for the fire:

a brand-new machine running Windows 7 takes a minute and 34 seconds to become usable, as compared to a minute and 6 seconds for Windows Vista.

Study: Windows 7 doesn't boot faster | Beyond Binary - CNET News