Windows 7 shows a small performance improvement over Vista
Vista isn’t well-known for its performance.
One of Microsofts goals with Windows 7 was to increase performance. Observers have stated that Windows 7 seems to be much quicker than Vista. PC World Test Center carried out an evaluation which compared the two operating systems. They found an improvement in speed, though overall the improvement wasn’t dramatic.
Windows 7 has significantly improved performance, but according to PC World, Windows 7 is only slightly faster.
Windows 7 was installed on five computers (two desktops, two laptop PCs, and a netbook), and WorldBench 6 benchmark suite was installed which consists of a number of tests that measure a machine’s performance in well-liked, real world applications. Timings were collected for Windows 7 & Vista for boot-up and shutdown, laptop battery life, and launch times for several everyday apps.
Windows 7 makes some performance strides over Vista, though this was not always sizeable, and for one test, Windows 7 was beaten into 2nd by Vista.
The performance increase of Windows & over Vista is slight, the important thing is though, that there is an improvement at all.
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