Windows 7 boots slower than Vista, says study.

[zigzag3143]

Microsoft's new Windows 7 operating system boots slower than its unloved predecessor, Windows Vista, a PC tune-up developer said today.The claims by iolo Technologies, a Los Angeles maker of PC software, contradict Microsoft's boasts that Windows 7 starts up faster than Vista.

more? Windows 7 boots slower than Vista, says study

 

[Night Hawk]

Bunk! With the 7 RC loaded up with numerous programs it still surpasses the startup times seen with both XP and Vista. Vista as a rule takes a little longer then XP to fully load while being a more stable OS. 7 however has been refined to see both faster startups and shutdown/restart times.

 

[zigzag3143]

Hey Guys

Dont shoot me Im only the messenger. We all know from first hand experience, it aint so.

 

[KazeNoKoe23]

7 boots faster, but not by much, at least from my experiences.

 

[jshimmy33]

The funny part is this study was conducted by a company who makes a set of the notoriously useless "Speed up your PC now!" software.

iolo technologies - The PC Tune-Up Experts <-- The 'study' was conducted by these folks.

 

[stormy13]

Well iolo has to justify their confidenceware somehow.

I can see this,

iolo said it will release more details and results of its Windows 7 boot-time benchmarks on Monday.

as looking more like an advertisement than a real article when it comes out.

 

[zigzag3143]

I will bet Iolo doesn't support win 7 !

 

[Tews]

I really dont know why flamebait articles like this are published... This is one software developers own self serving opinion ... nuff said...

PS.. I'm not digging up my old Vista disc either...

 

[MacGyvr]

I know mine boots significantly faster on 3 computers.

 

[zezasu]

Well, it did startup slow for me (timed by stopwatch) but after awhile it got faster since i was installing programs left and right that i need to use, but guess what? i don't have to shut down as often anymore. the standby function actually works without messing up my sound or my keyboard. It feels more snappy and better, and i have not had one error with Windows 7. I like W7 way more then i will ever like vista. I loathe and detest vista

 

[Tews]

Arghhhh ... Mac that avatar is going to trigger an epileptic seizure in sombody...

 

[zigzag3143]

You know I posted it because it was originally posted in vista and I thought we should have a crack at it as well

orig post credit JMH

 

[Tews]

I just consider the source of the article ... iolo... :roflmao:

 

[SIW2]

PCWorld mag. and Cnet reported somewhat similar findings - but I guess people don't want to know that.

 

[Night Hawk]

Well, it did startup slow for me (timed by stopwatch) but after awhile it got faster since i was installing programs left and right that i need to use, but guess what? i don't have to shut down as often anymore. the standby function actually works without messing up my sound or my keyboard. It feels more snappy and better, and i have not had one error with Windows 7. I like W7 way more then i will ever like vista. I loathe and detest vista

My experience with the 32bit Vista Home Premium turned out to be far superior to the quite often error laden XP both Home and Pro editions there. 7 however is MS's own realization that Windows was simply growing too big with all of the processes seen in the previous version resulting in a much more efficient 7!

Now as far as someone trying to push their Windows tweak program off we know that one all too well there!

 

[BFG]

faster for me

 

[Wii Master 64]

I bet this was a marketing scheme from Iolo so everybody will buy their software thinking "Oh gosh! 7 is slower than vista and xp, I better buy that software so I can speed it up!" when it's not really true (most people).

 

[stormy13]

PCWorld mag. and Cnet reported somewhat similar findings - but I guess people don't want to know that.

Can't find the cnet one but is this the PCWorld one you're referring too,

Speed Test: Windows 7 May Not Be Much Faster Than Vista - PC World

if so they may want to update it with the RTM instead of the RC.

 

[Wii Master 64]

yeah, that article was written on May 6.

 

[Night Hawk]

You notice how they titled that one however as "May Not Be Much Faster" rather then making some claim that 7 "IS SLOWER THEN" as seen with the other one. That one there still admits to 7 being faster while not stating any proclaimed large amount.

They left that part wide open for viewer discernment while the other is trying a slam dunk approach with the intent to promote some software. We already know for a certainty that 7 shuts down faster then the two previous versions! http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/717-shut-down-speed-up.html