Windows 7 build 6956 beats Windows XP SP3
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I like Vista over XP as much as the next Vistax65 fan - but I have to say that W7 is a much better and smoother OS _ it *looks* slick while being fast.
I do wonder, though, how Adrian can get a system to boot in 20 seconds flat. I suppose if you have every option turned off in your BIOS and boot directly to your HD and don't press CTRL ALT DEL to log in and have no PW, it might be faster - but I prefer a bit of security and chances to look at what is going on....
Vista x65???
you mean x64 or there something secret i dont know...
i think hes counting from after post...
and to get to the 7 already logged automatically (meaning no password)
and yes once i saw the times...
i am thinking that its a bit too much praise for 7
dont get me wrong i love 7 over Vista Xp Me and even 2000 (2000 was just too bland for me...
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and it is slick and way faster (i almost got my boot time cut in half)
but the only way to get such a boot including POST would be in at least RAID 0
(or a solid state drive)
as some machines can output up to 320 mb/s (In RAID, has to be Hardware Raid though or there is not much benefit....)
just my two cents...
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I'm a little surprised that SP1 got such a bum kicking compared to RTM 
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I like Vista over XP as much as the next Vistax65 fan - but I have to say that W7 is a much better and smoother OS _ it *looks* slick while being fast.
I do wonder, though, how Adrian can get a system to boot in 20 seconds flat. I suppose if you have every option turned off in your BIOS and boot directly to your HD and don't press CTRL ALT DEL to log in and have no PW, it might be faster - but I prefer a bit of security and chances to look at what is going on....
- Phenom 9700 quad-core processor
- ATI Radeon 3850 graphics card with 256MB RAM
- ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe motherboard
- 2GB (2 x 1GB) Corsair Dominator CM2X1024-8500C5D RAM
- Western Digital Raptor 10,000RPM 150GB primary hard drive
- Western Digital Caviar 7,200RPM 500GB secondary hard drive
the 10,000 rmp drive helps...
alot
i believe the ram is the bottleneck for vista...
and the fact he didnt disable superfetch
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i've always disliked XP due to the slow prefetch load at the start when desktop appears.
it's kind of annoying when you see your desktop loaded and realized that nothing is responding until the prefetch load is done.
and yea, SP3 makes it worse.
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i've always disliked XP due to the slow prefetch load at the start when desktop appears.
it's kind of annoying when you see your desktop loaded and realized that nothing is responding until the prefetch load is done.
and yea, SP3 makes it worse.
ehh i always disable prefetch...
almost never needed it since i use random apps and i unnistall them at any moments notice...
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ehh i always disable prefetch...
almost never needed it since i use random apps and i unnistall them at any moments notice...
haha, prefetch is rather important for me as i do the exact opposite to you.
i dont really uninstall programs unless i need to free up my hard drive space. (which have been taken up by most games, lol)
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haha, prefetch is rather important for me as i do the exact opposite to you.
i dont really uninstall programs unless i need to free up my hard drive space. (which have been taken up by most games, lol)
every user uses an os differently and thats a good thing
variety is good which is why we have so many OS's or "OS flavors" floating around waiting to be installed on a system
i for one have in vm's gOS, Ubuntu, Red Hat, Windows 7 (6801 x64+6956x32), and Windows Xp (sometimes for fun i install 95 or Me... good old times....
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Those are dark memories....
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Those are dark memories....
dark memories are those of DOS, Windows 1.0.....
as the demo for windows said...
"It even Includes a clock"
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Yes but my clock is free floating now, not even a sidebar. Unthinkable in the days of '95, etc.
