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[ZzyzxExit]

Your test are meaningless in the real world. I have used every OS from Microsoft since DOS 5, as well as the OS 10, Ubuntu Linux.
I have been using Windows 7 starting with Build 7000 and now RC1 7100, and there is a major improvement in performance in all areas. I am running Adobe Master Suite CS4, Office 2007 and a variety of other audio and video apps, all running faster. Boot time alone is twice as fast as Vista (SP1). My system is a stock Gateway DX-4710 with the exception of a NVIDIA 8400 GS Video Card.
I was shocked to see you test results as being so poor. I even loaded Windows 7 on a low end laptop with great results. You really need to reevaluate your so-called WorldBench.

[daniel142005]

Running windows 7 on both my desktop (phenom OC'd to 3ghz with 4gb of ram) and my laptop (duel core 2ghz with 2gb of ram) and both show significant improvements in terms of speed and memory consumption. I even get 5-20 more fps in games... I think your results are flawed.

[Noah]

couple of M$ fanboys, either that or they are on the payroll. winDOZE is dead. XP Pro, flaws and all, was as good as it got and is here to stay. the days of annual OS and app upgrades are over. goodbye M$, don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out

[Foxylady48180]

Maybe when they have a chance to finish it it will do better; what do thing?

[waldojim]

synthetic benchmarks fail to prove anything. They have never been reliable. On top of that, the major claim MS has made, was that of disk access improvements, which they did improve. I think, for a solid review, people need to go to someplace reputable for that information. use tomshardware, or anandtech... pcworld, your articles are a joke.

[HangFireW8]

I just installed W7 RC on a box I've been running XP on for a year. Bootup is indeed faster. The system SEEMS faster as I use it.
One thing is without a doubt. Either in IE8 or Firefox, downloads are lightning fast compared to before. Unless Microsoft has a secret deal with Comcast, something changed somewhere.
You guys miss one big point- W7 may become the ONLY Windows release that wasn't significantly bigger and slower than the previous Windows. Considering Microsoft's history, that is a miracle.
-HF

[DTNick]

@waldojim: Unlike synthetic benchmarks, WorldBench is application-based. That is, we use actual applications and games to generate the benchmark score. It pertains to the previous version of the benchmark, but this page gives you an idea of how it works:
http://www.pcworld.c...6890/worldbench5frequentlyaskedquestions.html

@daniel142005: To repeat the old caveat emptor: your mileage may vary.

[ElektroShok]

Bootup and shutdown are both faster. The biggest increase in speed that I found is in the framerates of FSX (Microsoft Flight Simulator X). In Vista, I get about 10-14 fps with the slidders halfway. In Windows 7, I'm seeing between 25-55 fps with ALL of the slidders fully to the right (maxed out)!

AMD Phenom II 940 BE overclocked to 3.3Ghz; two Nvidia GTX 280's in SLI; 8 Gigs Ram. Windows 7 64bit

[TheJakeyl88]

Exactly! This is just like all the people who continuously spread lies about Vista. Are they really that foolish? With the correct hardware, Vista should easily outperform Vista. Even with all the bells and whistles.

[sickpup]

Anyone who has used Vista regulary and the Beta will say that these tests are incorrect. Not only is the application performance and stability better but the networking is over 30x faster. In Vista lagging network reads of up to 5 minutes, transfer speeds of 200kb/s if i'm lucky, and incompatibility plagued the OS. I have yet to see these problems in Windows 7. There has been one or two minor issue with power managment and no idea why some of the features are the way they are. But oh well it better!

[waldojim]

damnit - I am still awiting for my download to finnish! I want to see these speed gains!

Darned Alltel aircards - why cant you be as fast as cable! :^0

[efrancesco]

For those scratching their heads and going, "WTF?"

A Little Intro of this Author
Nickname: Nick Mediati
Age: 24
From: SF Bay Area, CA
Gear: 1.83 GHz MacBook Core Duo, 1.2 GHz iBook G4, 500 MHz iMac G3, 8 MHz Mac Plus, 5.5G iPod 30 GB (White), a cheap Logitech mouse

So, admittedly, Nick you're a MAC-FAN-TOUCHE-BOY who so you started writing articles on PCWorld from your Mac. So whats the word here, Touche? No, its (edited to remove personal attack)

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[bbvammy]

Say it ain't so .....

I ran my own test and I found out that DOS is faster ]:)

Boot and shut down within seconds

[waldojim]

ROFL!

have you tried it on a dual core 4.0Ghz machine yet with 16GB of ram?

[dsslerner]

My page loading in IE8 are also faster. My wife couldn't beleve how much faster it was over Vista. I'm running x64 Windows 7 and adobe cs4 and Office 2007 are running 25% to 32% faster over Vista x64.

[MasterGuru]

What do you expect from the sister publication to MACWORLD?????

[spaceyjacey]

Anyone who has used both Vista and Windows 7 knows that this article is bogus, or at the least, flawed.

[waldojim]

honestly, I was hoping for a little distinction between the two. It isn't exactly like the have a "windows world"

[WinTard]

Noah said:

couple of M$ fanboys, either that or they are on the payroll. winDOZE is dead. XP Pro, flaws and all, was as good as it got and is here to stay. the days of annual OS and app upgrades are over. goodbye M$, don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out

Maybe you are on the payroll? A pro Microsoft basher? Well what goes around comes around: goodbye * (edited to remove personal attack) , don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

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