Seven or XP?

[KazeNoKoe23]

vista sux hairy balls

How insightful.

 

[Konceptz804]

Still going strong

Windows XP SP3 runs browsers 13% faster than Windows 7 RTM | Software News - Betanews

LOL please tell me your not serious. Did you even read that article? They used web browsers to benchmark one OS to another.


I'm not even going to get on how ridiculous of a comparison method that is.

People need to get over it, XP has met its successor.

 

[Muad Dib]

why wasn't vista included in the poll? i've enough ammunition to continue this thread for years

Yes, we know!

I have a scratched record that keeps playing the same tune. It saves me money on CDs.

 

[AllMac]

Seven runs better and is more compatible with the stuff I have installed on it.
XP is a bit faster, but that is just because of my old CPU, so when I upgrade to the latest CPU, hopefully in the near future, I'll dig a deep grave and give XP its final rest.

 

[ten]

LOL please tell me your not serious. Did you even read that article? They used web browsers to benchmark one OS to another.

Hence the title of the article.

Windows XP SP3 runs browsers 13% faster than Windows 7 RTM

 

[Zidane24]

Hence the title of the article.

I do not think you caught the point of that statement...Let me elaborate since it is necessary. The point is that it is really sad that in defence of XP's speed versus Vista and 7, a contest of web browser speeds was the best they could do...that deserves a

 

[ten]

Always an excuse.

Anyways, here's something else to chew on...

 

[mickey megabyte]

i dunno about everybody else, but i rarely have to resize my services.msc window really fast.

i'm more concerned with pixels moving fast whilst i'm playing games. windows 7 = PASS

i also like full-screen HD video playback. windows 7 = PASS

youtube vid above = FAIL

 

[BXDfreedom]

Just saw this thread & for me its like you cant compare a father to a son (XP to 7) they are like the same you cant even compare your 2001 PC running XP to a 2009 PC running 7 coz they are the same,, ofcourse if you run XP on a 2009 PC itll run faster than a 2009 PC wit 7..Hardware wise XP is made & bring front to the world wit the technology exist in year 2001 & now it evolves so much that our hardware today is far more advance now & Windows 7 is built in todays technology & experience through the years of XP just look at the system requirements for each of them its unfair if you run XP on a let say 2GHz CPU & its minimum requirements of what 233MHz & Run the same speed on Windows 7 wit a minimum requirements of 1GHz ofcourse youll say that XP is far more still greater than 7,, Windows 7 is like a new born baby u need to feed em guide em & take care of em but lets wait a year or 2 XP will pass its crown to 7 for sure if you want the same experience wit your XP the first thing you need to do is look under the hood so i vote 7 becoz of where we at now...

its just me so now ive got a problem need to upgrade my mobo/mem/HD lol

 

[logicearth]

Always an excuse.

Anyways, here's something else to chew on...

Well that is easy to explain. services.msc is done in GDI which is mostly not hardware accelerated. Another change to GDI was the global lock was removed with smaller locks, which requires a little more overhead. However removing the global lock allows for parallel GDI renderings now. Also with WDDM 1.1 drivers DWM is only stored in video memory now, which is another overhead for GDI because the CPU has to go further to get the information it needs. But this reduces memory usage.

There is a bright side to all of this. WPF applications are fully hardware accelerated by the graphics card. And all applications should be written using WPF. Sadly developers are SLOW.

 

[kxdan]

VISTA'S SUXISH
how do all of u have win 7 already it dnt come out in uk until 22nd ooctober

 

[tw33k]

VISTA'S SUXISH
how do all of u have win 7 already it dnt come out in uk until 22nd ooctober

I got mine on Technet

 

[Kari]

VISTA'S SUXISH
how do all of u have win 7 already it dnt come out in uk until 22nd ooctober

You can download a free copy of Windows 7 Release Candidate directly (and legally) from Microsoft. You have one week to download it, RC is available until August 20th.

The RC will expire June 1, 2010, and the bi-hourly shutdowns will begin on March 1, 2010. In both cases, you'll need to rebuild your test PC to replace the OS and reinstall all your programs and data.

Kari

 

[mickey megabyte]

...you'll need to rebuild your test PC...

you exaggerate my friend, a simple format will suffice.

 

[Kari]

you exaggerate my friend, a simple format will suffice.

That was copy and paste from Windows 7 official download site. Edited my post to show that.

Kari

 

[Vegas]

I pick 7
XP is what drove me to Linux, but with 7 I'm on my way back now.

 

[Phill]

Windows 7 the best of the best.
It’s the fastest Operating system I have ever used.
I have tried xp 3, All versions of vista, both macs…but windows 7 is the ultimate of all…
Coolest graphic. Its takes only 20 second for every re boot. More Secured…Very user friendly…etc

 

[tw33k]

Windows 7 the best of the best.
It’s the fastest Operating system I have ever used.
I have tried xp 3, All versions of vista, both macs…but windows 7 is the ultimate of all…
Coolest graphic. Its takes only 20 second for every re boot. More Secured…Very user friendly…etc

I agree. I've said it before and I'll say it again. Win7 is the best OS I have used

 

[Mercurial]

Windows 7 = speed of xp + features of vista =)

I mean what kind of question is that?

 

[zigzag3143]

win 7 because its the anti-vista, with the speed of XP

Ken