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Study shows that Windows 7 does not boot up faster than Windows Vista.... i call bs
The rc1 boots up faster than vista from what iv'e seen maybe because it does not have bloatware.
Here is the thread ..
Although Windows 7 has been praised for loading and shutting down faster than prior versions of Windows, one software company says that, in many cases, the new operating system can take longer to get started than Windows Vista.
Iolo Technlogies, which sells PC tune-up software, said its lab unit found that a brand-new machine running Windows 7 takes a minute and 34 seconds to become usable, as compared to a minute and 6 seconds for Windows Vista. Iolo notes that it measured not the time it takes for the desktop to appear--which can be as little as 40 seconds on a fresh installation of Windows 7--but rather the time it takes to become fully usable "with CPU cycles no longer significantly high and a true idle state achieved."
The results are also fairly similar to what CNET found in its testing of the operating system. A Microsoft representative was not immediately able to comment on Iolo's findings.
Iolo plans to release more details on its findings and methodology next week. Although it remains to be seen just how it reached its conclusion, the report is clearly not good news for an operating system whose primary selling point is doing the basics better than past versions of Windows.
I will say that for my part, I have been using Windows 7 for months now and find myself rarely doing a full reboot and instead going in and out of sleep for days at a time--a process that moves particularly quickly.
As is often the case with Windows, Iolo found that things only get worse over time. It found that a three-month-old machine can take up to a minute longer to boot, or 2 minutes and 34 seconds. Windows 7 did outperform Vista at the three-month and six-month marks, Iolo said, but it generally "trailed the older version significantly" in its boot-up tests.
I plan to follow up on this on Monday, when more details about Iolo's conclusions--and how they were reached--become available.
Updated at 7:20 p.m. PDT: On the plus side, Wall Street Journal reviewer Walt Mossberg is out with his review of Windows 7 and gives it high marks, saying Microsoft now gives Apple a run for its money.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10370369-56.html?tag=newsEditorsP...
Here is the thread ..
Although Windows 7 has been praised for loading and shutting down faster than prior versions of Windows, one software company says that, in many cases, the new operating system can take longer to get started than Windows Vista.
Iolo Technlogies, which sells PC tune-up software, said its lab unit found that a brand-new machine running Windows 7 takes a minute and 34 seconds to become usable, as compared to a minute and 6 seconds for Windows Vista. Iolo notes that it measured not the time it takes for the desktop to appear--which can be as little as 40 seconds on a fresh installation of Windows 7--but rather the time it takes to become fully usable "with CPU cycles no longer significantly high and a true idle state achieved."
The results are also fairly similar to what CNET found in its testing of the operating system. A Microsoft representative was not immediately able to comment on Iolo's findings.
Iolo plans to release more details on its findings and methodology next week. Although it remains to be seen just how it reached its conclusion, the report is clearly not good news for an operating system whose primary selling point is doing the basics better than past versions of Windows.
I will say that for my part, I have been using Windows 7 for months now and find myself rarely doing a full reboot and instead going in and out of sleep for days at a time--a process that moves particularly quickly.
As is often the case with Windows, Iolo found that things only get worse over time. It found that a three-month-old machine can take up to a minute longer to boot, or 2 minutes and 34 seconds. Windows 7 did outperform Vista at the three-month and six-month marks, Iolo said, but it generally "trailed the older version significantly" in its boot-up tests.
I plan to follow up on this on Monday, when more details about Iolo's conclusions--and how they were reached--become available.
Updated at 7:20 p.m. PDT: On the plus side, Wall Street Journal reviewer Walt Mossberg is out with his review of Windows 7 and gives it high marks, saying Microsoft now gives Apple a run for its money.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10370369-56.html?tag=newsEditorsP...
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Permalink Reply by Mike Hebert on -
I'm new to this kinda stuff, but, how does lulu or lolo or who ever they r obtain a copy of 7 b4 it is released?? R they just working with a release copy like the rest of us? did they somehow get a final version??
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Permalink Reply by Jon :D on -
The RC version? Or they probably have the RTM too...It's only 2 weeks before release. They need it to create Win7 compatible software. Heck, if you know where to look, you can find RTM as well.
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Permalink Reply by Jeff on -
If you are apart of MSDN or Technet you have it already, it has been out for them for some time now, but suppose to be evaluation only.
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Permalink Reply by JT on -
Me being a Ms Partner and recipient of the Action Pack, I have had the RTM (Released To Manufacturing) - (which is the final version) sine August 14th, 2009
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Permalink Reply by Jake Wonham on -
I have a RTM version of Win7 right now, but the bad thing is, is that i can't activate it otherwise Microsoft will block it some how, but other than that, the program is smooth, great and easy to use, i ran my own little test at home and my test showed that Win7 is quicker than vista by like 5 seconds but yes it is quicker but not by much, it all depends on your specs in your comp when i comes down to it.
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Permalink Reply by JT on
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If you do not activiate it then it will expire after 30 days. I activated mine (but mine was legally obtained).
I have an Intel I7 Processor with 12 GB of RAM. My Bootup time is excellent.
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Permalink Reply by Jeff on
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You can rearm it two or 3 times for 120 days, but yes he probably didn't legally get his copy. I for one am just going to wait for my student discount MS offered.
Oh and boot times really rely on hdd/ssd speed rather than processor and ram, still a factor but boots has lots of reads.
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Permalink Reply by Jorge on -
Ok, so I haven't run Vista in a while, but I just did a Shut Down and Boot up test on Windows 7, and here are the results.
Shut Down: 00:00:11:32 (11 Sec. 32/100)
Computer was Idle, all programs were closed
Startup:00:00:58:12 (58 Sec. 12 /100)
Waited until desktop had loaded and processor was idle
Conclusion: Not bad, really. I used to have to wait atleast 1 min. 45 Sec. for the same machine to boot Vista.
Check my computer specs on my page, I tested on the "gaming rig."
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Permalink Reply by Wandering I on -
It really surprises me that some systems take so long to startup honestly. I've had all of my systems boot windows in less than a minute, closer to thirty seconds on most of them. It all depends on what services and crap are running when you start up. I barely have anything running when I boot because I know that half the services windows starts by default aren't really needed. For example, my HTPC is running win 7 RC1, and I completely turned off the print, and print spooling services. Why? because i'll NEVER print from my HTPC, its made for watching movies and listening to music, and light gaming on my big screen.
Now I can see a name brand system take that long because of all the bloatware, but if my system EVER took a minute and a half to boot to idle, I'd really start to wonder what the hell was going on.
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Permalink Reply by Zune80 on -
Definitely. Windows 7 boots faster and runs better than both Windows XP and Vista with the same programs installed. I don't need some one in a test lab trying to feed me lines when I have my own real world experience to draw upon. Windows 7 is faster...period.
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Permalink Reply by Mario Fanous on -
i agree
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Permalink Reply by Luca Angelloni on -
Dan
okie dan...
yah the benchmarks are all proven to be sure faster than windows vista
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