Topic '[WIN7] Is it really worth it?' in forum 'Microsoft Help'

Topic '[WIN7] Is it really worth it?' in forum 'Microsoft Help' - dslreports.com http://www.dslreports.com/forum/WIN7-Is-it-really-worth-it-23308882 en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:39:02 EDT Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:39:02 EDT Re: [WIN7] Is it really worth it? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WIN7-Is-it-really-worth-it-23324309 said by unlurk:

win7 is just launched, vista have so many problems.but if you use xp , there will be a waste of your configs
Meaning Microsoft still hasn't gotten it right yet? ;)
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56 processes cpu use age 0-1% physical memory 30%
green memory bar graph 1.05gb

'7 64 bit is at

59 processes cpu use age 0% physical memory 30%
green memory bar graph 1.22gb

Vista cpu use age fluctuates a bit more.

have 4gb of ram.
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I'm running

ASUS P5Q Deluxe
Core 2 Duo e8400 @ 3.6GHz
Mushkin XP2-8500 2x2GB
BFG GTX 260 OCX MAXCORE
2 x 500GB HDDs

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WIN7-Is-it-really-worth-it-23314932 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:46:21 EDT Re: [WIN7] Is it really worth it? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WIN7-Is-it-really-worth-it-23313429
I like Vista, have it on my wife's notebook as well as mine...it runs smooth and stable on both.

I expect based on all reports that I will like Windows 7...however, will I run out an buy a copy? No!

When it comes pre-installed on my next machine, then I will have it. Outside of any desire to simply have the "latest and greatest" (nothing wrong with that if it floats 'yer boat!), I see no compelling reason to spend $119 (give or take a buck). Both XP, and now Vista, run all my apps and are stable, manage hardware resources (memory) well, and give my computer a "base of operations", which is after all what an OS is for. The last OS that I upgraded to, was XP, to leave behind the DOS-based Windows 9X series, with it's archaic memory management.

If there were apps that I use which would not run on XP or Vista, that would prompt me to purchase Windows 7.

It always gives me a chuckle...so many folks positively bashing Microsoft, but at the same time, they can not wait to shell out a hundred extra bucks or so, to replace an OS that already functions...while I basically "like" MS (or, at least do not "dislike" them)...but do not want to spend money to replace an already functioning OS! Go figure?
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said by MJimLay:

Overall, I am happy with Windows Vista. I will admit, when I first started using Vista, I hated it with a passion as I had a load of problems with it. However, it seems SP2 has made the system much more stable as well as my upgrade from 4 GB to 8 GB of ram.

However, Vista still runs very slowly at times (I think due to superfetch) which is pretty bothersome.

I might just wait it out for a bit. I already own Vista and for the most part, it does what I want other than being slow/unstable at moments.

You are going to get that awful superfetch in Windows 7 also. I disabled it in Vista Ultimate and Windows 7. I use Agent Ransack instead. Search in Vista is horrendously awful. Agent Ransack is outstanding. Plus, I don't allow indexing on ANY OS including XP. I hate things like that. Anything running in the background, I generally disable permanently like on Windows 7 defrag by default runs constantly in the background which is totally unnecessary as XP and Vista need defragging about 3 times a year and never any more than that. So, defrag is permanently disabled on Windows 7 now as it should not need defragging more than 3-4 times a year and should never run in the background.

XP is far superior to either Vista Ulitmate which I also have or Windows 7.
I actually like SuperFetch, I just wish it wasn't as big of a memory hog as it is in Windows Vista. In the Windows 7 RC, SuperFetch was much better.

I've turned off indexing and SuperFetch before in Windows Vista, and it just made everything much slower for me. Sure, my hard drive wasn't flashing like crazy all the time, but the system was much slower with SuperFetch turned off. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WIN7-Is-it-really-worth-it-23313383 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:41:14 EDT Re: [WIN7] Is it really worth it? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WIN7-Is-it-really-worth-it-23313224 said by MJimLay:

Overall, I am happy with Windows Vista. I will admit, when I first started using Vista, I hated it with a passion as I had a load of problems with it. However, it seems SP2 has made the system much more stable as well as my upgrade from 4 GB to 8 GB of ram.

However, Vista still runs very slowly at times (I think due to superfetch) which is pretty bothersome.

I might just wait it out for a bit. I already own Vista and for the most part, it does what I want other than being slow/unstable at moments.
You are going to get that awful superfetch in Windows 7 also. I disabled it in Vista Ultimate and Windows 7. I use Agent Ransack instead. Search in Vista is horrendously awful. Agent Ransack is outstanding. Plus, I don't allow indexing on ANY OS including XP. I hate things like that. Anything running in the background, I generally disable permanently like on Windows 7 defrag by default runs constantly in the background which is totally unnecessary as XP and Vista need defragging about 3 times a year and never any more than that. So, defrag is permanently disabled on Windows 7 now as it should not need defragging more than 3-4 times a year and should never run in the background.

XP is far superior to either Vista Ulitmate which I also have or Windows 7.
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I'll stick with XP until I make a new machine.
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»[WIN7] RC to retail version-"upgrade" or fresh install?
»[WIN7] win 7 upgrade ?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WIN7-Is-it-really-worth-it-23312262 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:02:46 EDT Re: [WIN7] Is it really worth it? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WIN7-Is-it-really-worth-it-23312198 said by decades:

from vista, maybe but if you have fast hardware vista is fine. from XP---what are you waiting for.
Well, I am keeping XP on all of my systems except my primary (which is running Vista) I am pretty much stuck with XP on all of my systems and it doesn't look like that will change anytime soon :( ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WIN7-Is-it-really-worth-it-23312198 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 21:48:20 EDT Re: [WIN7] Is it really worth it? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WIN7-Is-it-really-worth-it-23311982 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WIN7-Is-it-really-worth-it-23311982 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:53:48 EDT Re: [WIN7] Is it really worth it? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WIN7-Is-it-really-worth-it-23311328
However, Vista still runs very slowly at times (I think due to superfetch) which is pretty bothersome.

I might just wait it out for a bit. I already own Vista and for the most part, it does what I want other than being slow/unstable at moments. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WIN7-Is-it-really-worth-it-23311328 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:27:48 EDT Re: [WIN7] Is it really worth it? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WIN7-Is-it-really-worth-it-23309819 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WIN7-Is-it-really-worth-it-23309819 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:46:50 EDT Re: [WIN7] Is it really worth it? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WIN7-Is-it-really-worth-it-23309528 --
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You can disable the aero...

if its worth it depends on what you are moving from. From Vista? Yes

From XP.. nah
Huh, it's the other way around... =p]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WIN7-Is-it-really-worth-it-23309356 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:38:01 EDT Re: [WIN7] Is it really worth it? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WIN7-Is-it-really-worth-it-23309400 I wouldn't get just jumping up and down to swap over unless you like to say you run the latest and greatest with the newest eye appeal.
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Unless, of course, you are like me and like to be running on the latest OS available. :)
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I don't run IE, but for those who do, on my XP setup it ran like a dial-up browser. On my 7 setup it is as fast as Firefox.

I'm dual booting both systems, so I can make sure I merge both worlds a little better after the easy transfer procedure.
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Either way.... is Windows 7 a worthwhile upgrade and is the performance much better than Vista?
I do not believe so, as far as games are concerned and your rig looks like a gaming rig. If you play DirectX 9 games then they will still be the same speed in Vista and 7 because, according to what I can find, DirectX 10/11 aren't actually backwards compatible and DX 9 and earlier are emulated. This has overhead, and on my lowly XP 3200+/6800XT there is a 20% loss in fps which is significant for the games I still play (so I stick with XP). Otherwise you got 4 cores and 8GB of memory, are you really going to notice or care that a window closes or that Firefox opens 0.000000000000000001 seconds faster?

One thing I do like about 7 is the ability to remove middleware. Don't want WMP or IE? Toss it.

I have a random problem in Windows 7 RTM where I can't delete files that I certainly have permission to own, even Administrator can't delete and causes problems when uninstalling programs. The only help I could get what "It must be malware" :huh:
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if its worth it depends on what you are moving from. From Vista? Yes

From XP.. nah]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-WIN7-Is-it-really-worth-it-23308965 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:43:42 EDT [WIN7] Is it really worth it? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/WIN7-Is-it-really-worth-it-23308882
Windows Vista Ultimate X64
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600
8 GB DDR2 PC6400 Memory
GeForce 8800GT 512MB PCI-E
Blu-Ray ROM
DVD-RW
750 GB Hard Drive.

For the most part, I have been pretty happy with my system but the biggest thing that bothers me is sometimes my system will come to a complete crawl and the hard drive is spinning like crazy. I did play around with the RC and I remember that it worked out good, but I had a lot of driver issues (a lot of my devices didn't have Windows 7 drivers) but since the release of Windows 7, I am now able to locate drivers for all my devices.

My biggest dislike of Windows 7 is the new layout (I hate the taskbar) and Windows Media Player. There is also a Aero "bug" that I find annoying, but most people don't notice it, others do.

Either way.... is Windows 7 a worthwhile upgrade and is the performance much better than Vista? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/WIN7-Is-it-really-worth-it-23308882 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:59:32 EDT