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Win 7 impact on my desktop speed
I am new to this forum and joined because i am thinking about replacing my Win XP OS with Win 7. I have been very happy with how XP has performed but feel i should upgrade for no particular reason. I have a desktop which i bought from a custom maker about 1 1/2 years ago. I thought it was a real upgrade from a Dell inspiron 8600 laptop i had and would process a lot faster. I only use my PC for email, surfing, a few games, photos, music etc..nothing elaborate. Anyway I have been disappointed by the speed of my new pc since i got it and have worked with the company's tech support to tweak it quite a bit to make it faster.That has helped somewhat, but still is short of my expectations.Sooo...i wondered if my problem is the fact that i still use XP as my OS and whether replacing it with Win 7 would help make it run faster. I dont really have any other reason to buy Win 7 based on how i use it,but the Tech guy from where i bought it said XP is not enabling me to take advantage of the hardware i have in my current PC.
Any feedback on this would be appreciated. I have always routinely run various free utilities and diagnostics on my computer to keep it "clean" so i dont think that is any part of my problem.
thanks again.