Windows 7's Unexpected 'Killer' Feature

pezzonovante said:

Randall C Kennedy is a complete joke.

That's why we normally don't post his stuff on this site...

I wasn't favoring or discrediting any one author but came across this one at PC World when looking what news was seen for 7.

kegobeer said:

I really enjoyed this:

Given the same number of CPU cores, Windows 7 runs circles around both Windows Vista and Windows XP. In fact, the results aren't even close: In one multiprocess workflow test, Windows 7 outpaced Windows XP by 250 percent -- this on an eight-core (dual quad-core Xeon) HP Z800 workstation.
This is Windows 7's killer feature. It means that, as customers invest in new PC hardware, they'll be better positioned to reap the improvements in CPU, memory, and chip set performance by deploying Windows 7. It also means that sticking with Windows XP -- ostensibly because it is less bloated and performs better -- is a fool's errand.
Times have changed. The hardware landscape is much different than when Windows XP was on the drawing boards. Back then, the concept of a multicore CPU was still just that: a concept. Windows XP was designed for a world of single CPU desktops and the occasional two- or four-way (discrete CPUs, not cores) engineering workstation. It simply isn't smart enough to know how to leverage something as complex as a modern-day Core i7- or E5xxx-series Xeon processor.

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I wonder how the XP die hards will react?

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Night Hawk said:

I wasn't favoring or discrediting any one author but came across this one at PC World when looking what news was seen for 7.

That's okay mate. I just remember that John didn't really want any link backs between him and this site.

Personally, I find R.C.K a riot :)

I guess I got stuck with the bad one this time!

The problem with a place like a large magazine's online site is the large volume of "contributers" where a few end up being....? less favorable?

I wouldn't worry about it mate :)

I'm only using about 32gb of data and that's with everything installed on my C: (Office Ultimate, Expression Suite 3)

Edit: Dang, I'm late.

Zen00 said:

I'm only using about 32gb of data and that's with everything installed on my C: (Office Ultimate, Expression Suite 3)

Edit: Dang, I'm late.

So that's where my folder went!

That's about the size of just one folder around here! Try 134gb taken up after the clean install of 7 a week ago.

Night Hawk said:

Zen00 said:

I'm only using about 32gb of data and that's with everything installed on my C: (Office Ultimate, Expression Suite 3)

Edit: Dang, I'm late.

So that's where my folder went!

That's about the size of just one folder around here! Try 134gb taken up after the clean install of 7 a week ago.

I normally use about 13GB of disc space on my laptop (Windows + Office + ETC)

I can see you guys shuddering as you read this