Windows 7 performance whoops Vista and XP

[soumya]

The latest Windows 7 6965 build has been tested by ZDNet’s Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, and his results show that Microsoft’s promise of a vastly improved Windows experience in Windows 7 is coming true – despite 6956 not even yet at official “beta” status.

As the clock ticks ever closer to the official Windows 7 beta, due to be showcased by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at the January 7 pre-CES keynote, the word is spreading that Windows 7 looks like rocking in every way that Vista didn’t.

From low memory usage, fast boot times, an improved GUI, fewer services on startup, longer battery life, speedy operation and more, users of Windows 7 pre-beta 6801 and the unreleased (but available anyway) 6956 builds are impressed.

Kingsley-Hughes (K-H) didn’t say how he managed to get his hands on 6956, but seeing as it is available from torrent sites as an ISO (converted from the leaked Chinese VHD), you can decide for yourself what the source may, or may not, have been.

K-H has written two blog entries over at ZDNet, with the first post comparing Windows 7 6956 to Windows Vista RTM and SP1, and the second post also adding Windows XP SP3 to the list.

In all cases, bar the Cinebench test, Windows 7 whoops Vista and XP SP3’s binary backsides, a fantastic performance benchmark that simply makes users expect even better from the final release code. Given the beta nature of the WDDM 1.1 graphics drivers, the Cinebench test will hopefully thrash Vista and XP when the final code is released.

Given that 6956 is being touted by bloggers as being close to the final “beta” build, there is the question of what additional Windows 7 surprises Steve Ballmer will unveil at the pre-CES keynote event.

This is especially so due to the “other Steve”, Steve Jobs, rumoured to be unveiling much more information about Snow Leopard OS X 10.6 at the Macworld 2009 event, starting January 5th.

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[Kl@w-24]

If Windows 7 can trump XP in performance and memory usage, it could turn out to be Microsoft's most successful OS ever!!

[hsr]

hell, then what are those beta versions out there? i've just downloaded a 680x build from torrent of 2.32 gb am i doin r8?

[x3060]

looks promising , hope ms don't make a mess out of it.

[IronManForever]

@ Klaw-24
Windows 7 wont beat XP at Memory usage whatsoever..

[hellgate]

^^^^ that for sure no doubt,but perf is a hell lot better than Vista SP2 v.113

[amitava82]

Originally Posted by IronManForever

@ Klaw-24
Windows 7 wont beat XP at Memory usage whatsoever..

It's like saying Windows 98 runs on 64MB RAM where as XP takes min 256MB.

[IronManForever]

Originally Posted by amitava82

It's like saying Windows 98 runs on 64MB RAM where as XP takes min 256MB.

And thats what I wanted to clear out.
And yeah, about that running part. I have run Windows 98 on 11 MB RAM and browsed Internet through it. Windows XP whereas needs 26 MB to run. Inside Virtual Machines, that is.

[hsr]

well gys i r not gettin this crappy pre-beta version installed pls suggest a source to dwnload from

[Kl@w-24]

Originally Posted by IronManForever

@ Klaw-24
Windows 7 wont beat XP at Memory usage whatsoever..

Isn't that obvious?

[desiibond]

Originally Posted by IronManForever

And thats what I wanted to clear out.
And yeah, about that running part. I have run Windows 98 on 11 MB RAM and browsed Internet through it. Windows XP whereas needs 26 MB to run. Inside Virtual Machines, that is.

MS-DOS needs few KB's of ram to run.

Do we need to care about RAM these days? You get 1Gig of ram for 700 bucks. I have 2Gb of RAM, which was never fully utilized. I have used and still using Windows 7 and have posted few pics of it (running two dozen applications at the same time). Even then, the ram was not fully utilized and I surfed web and playing music, vidoes etc.

Even the current gen smartphones are having 256MB RAM. So, let's keep that memory thing away.

[george101]

ya i agree with desibond. even i have 4GB ram. lets c how windows 7 performs wen it comes to games and mutitasking.

[IronManForever]

Originally Posted by Kl@w-24

If Windows 7 can trump XP in performance and memory usage, it could turn out to be Microsoft's most successful OS ever!!

Originally Posted by Kl@w-24

Isn't that obvious?

I hope you know where it started from.

Originally Posted by desiibond

So, let's keep that memory thing away.

Intrestingly, Memory footprint is one of the most important parameters determining an OS. Primarily the reason why Vista has been bashed by Anti-Microsoftians.

Lets bring this to an end. Period.

[comp@ddict]

Originally Posted by desiibond

MS-DOS needs few KB's of ram to run.

Do we need to care about RAM these days? You get 1Gig of ram for 700 bucks. I have 2Gb of RAM, which was never fully utilized. I have used and still using Windows 7 and have posted few pics of it (running two dozen applications at the same time). Even then, the ram was not fully utilized and I surfed web and playing music, vidoes etc.

Even the current gen smartphones are having 256MB RAM. So, let's keep that memory thing away.

Correction:

2GB Transcend Value 800MHz DDR2 is for Rs.1075 all time low price eh!

[desiibond]

^^ OMG. damn. okay. That's dead cheap.

[freshseasons]

Aren't we like spoilt with over indulgences in choices of the software we are using now a day.Think of the good old days on windows 98 and run it had.
So many choices and each day getting better.
Is investing in a software really wise coz you can be so sure that it will not be around for a long time and the newer and better will be just in corner.

[Kl@w-24]

Originally Posted by IronManForever

I hope you know where it started from.

There was a big IF in what I said, wasn't there?

Anyway, if Windows 7 can provide me the features of Vista with acceptable performance, I don't see too many reasons for it to fail.

[gxsaurav]

Anyway, if Windows 7 can provide me the features of Vista with acceptable performance, I don't see too many reasons for it to fail.

Even in Beta state we are getting better performance then Vista in many things. Things are just going to get better once the drivers mature to WDDM 1.1

[x3060]

i get a feeling that this might just fly really high for MS.

[Faun]

Originally Posted by comp@ddict

Correction:

2GB Transcend Value 800MHz DDR2 is for Rs.1075 all time low price eh!

thanks for the news, looks like right time to get one this week

[Garbage]

Thats good news...

/me is searching for someone who can send me Win7 Beta (pre-release) DVD.

[Arun the Gr8]

Originally Posted by IronManForever

@ Klaw-24
Windows 7 wont beat XP at Memory usage whatsoever..

Yeah, it can i guess. Someone from microsoft posted that the 7 is running smoothly on his lenovo s10 despite the atom processor and 512 mb ram...

[Vishal Patil]

whats the configuration of the PC that Windows 7 was tested on. I doubt it will be able to beat XP.

[ravi_9793]

I don't understand, why people are worry about RAM requirement. 2 GB RAM cost is just around Rs. 1500/-

[comp@ddict]

Yup, with increase in demand for ram by the PC, the prices hav fallen too.

[casanova]

Any hints on official launch of Windows Se7en. I can't wait to get my hands on it.

[chandru.in]

Originally Posted by ravi_9793

I don't understand, why people are worry about RAM requirement. 2 GB RAM cost is just around Rs. 1500/-

It is not about RAM's cost. Many laptops having 2 GB RAM start dragging like a pig with Vista and AV hogging most RAM. Applications have very little RAM left. Most professional applications are heavy leading to great productivity hit when RAM is unnecessarily lost to OS and necessary services like AV.

[fabler]

Hi guys..

I've installed windows 7 build 6956..My GMA 900 driver was installed successfully. But when I open any full screen application my computer just get freeze.. so anybody have any idea how to fix it? I've also try windows update. but no luck.. anybody having problem like this? But it is working well on my friend's computer without any problem. He has 965 chipset and I've 915 chipset.

[gxsaurav]

Originally Posted by chandru.in

It is not about RAM's cost. Many laptops having 2 GB RAM start dragging like a pig with Vista and AV hogging most RAM. Applications have very little RAM left. Most professional applications are heavy leading to great productivity hit when RAM is unnecessarily lost to OS and necessary services like AV.

Ahem...what???? Slow, where?

I m using a C2D E6550 with 2 GB RAM & Use professional application which u r talking about with Windows Vista. There is no performance penalty that I see compared to Windows XP. oh! I m also not using any anti virus software. Just Ad muncher & IE with IE 7 pro.

[The_Devil_Himself]

here we go again.....