Vista to Windows 7

[steve208]

Hi

Has anybody upgraded from vista to 7 & is it worth it, I'm v tired of the vista slowness. I use briefcase to keep a set of documents upto date between my home comp & my laptop. when i open the briefcase on my laptop to work on a document it takes 12 minutes to open the file so i can use a document, this is v annoying. Will 7 be quicker than vista. I use a acer 2930 with 2.0 core 2 duo, 2 gig memeory so its not an old system


Thanks

 

[Jacee]

Steve, I Beta tested Windows7 on my Vista Ultimate computer. I had no problems with the Beta or RC versions. I now have Windows7 RTM running full time on this computer and still no problems! I did a clean install ...
I have more ram than you do tho'

 

[steve208]

Hi

Thanks for the reply, does 7 run quicker than vista in opening files & folders etc

Thanks steve208

 

[Freelancer852]

Windows 7 is on par with Windows XP (if not better) when it comes to speed and performance as long as you're on hardware capable of running it.

 

[zigzag3143]

Hi

Has anybody upgraded from vista to 7 & is it worth it, I'm v tired of the vista slowness. I use briefcase to keep a set of documents upto date between my home comp & my laptop. when i open the briefcase on my laptop to work on a document it takes 12 minutes to open the file so i can use a document, this is v annoying. Will 7 be quicker than vista. I use a acer 2930 with 2.0 core 2 duo, 2 gig memeory so its not an old system


Thanks

Steve

Yes, and yes. It boots faster, opens office faster, uses less resources, and is rock solid. Think I like it <g>

 

[Kosmo]

Windows 7 is much faster at deleting large amount of files off hard drives from my experiences even with the earlier beta versions. Vista would sit there and chug away like it was pull a 2 ton bowling ball behind it.

 

[steve208]

I have read on other threads that 7 is quicker at start up & shut down, but is it quicker at opening folders, as 12 minutes to open my briefcase folder is ridiculous, & v v v annoying my main reason for upgrading would be to speed up thinks like folder opening.

Thanks steve208

 

[DocBrown]

I have read on other threads that 7 is quicker at start up & shut down, but is it quicker at opening folders, as 12 minutes to open my briefcase folder is ridiculous, & v v v annoying my main reason for upgrading would be to speed up thinks like folder opening.

Thanks steve208

I am sure my win7 is quicker, but still a lot is dependent on CPU & Ram speed & size !


" Doc "

 

[zigzag3143]

I have read on other threads that 7 is quicker at start up & shut down, but is it quicker at opening folders, as 12 minutes to open my briefcase folder is ridiculous, & v v v annoying my main reason for upgrading would be to speed up thinks like folder opening.

Thanks steve208

Yes its faster, and you can make it faster still by configuring the search/index


Ken

 

[Jacee]

I have read on other threads that 7 is quicker at start up & shut down, but is it quicker at opening folders, as 12 minutes to open my briefcase folder is ridiculous, & v v v annoying my main reason for upgrading would be to speed up thinks like folder opening.

Thanks steve208

Are you running Windows Defender? It sounds like you might possibly have an application that wants to inspect your briefcase before opening it. Is your 'briefcase' on your desktop, or in a sub-folder?

 

[steve208]

Not running defender, briefcase is on laptops desktop, i could understand time taken if it was looking at my home comp to update files changed, but most of the time its not, i just want to open briefcase to work on files.

Thanks steve

 

[saeen]

well i just upgrade my x64 vista to x64 7 ultimate and its just amazing. its less ram consuming and fast. IE 8 running, yahoo rooms, webcam, private chat, MSN and many background apps and just 1.47gb ram usage. Vista was using 2.1gb with same tasks .