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Originally Posted by sandman!
windows 7 is 90% the same code as vista.
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I sold a Hummer H2 two years ago...it was AWESOME. Drove great, looked great, was a total pleasure to drive.
It's built on the exact same platform as the Tahoe.
I can assure you that driving a Hummer and a Tahoe are two COMPLETELY different driving experiences.
And having used every windows os since windows 2, I can tell you that I used Vista Ultimate 64 for the past year. I moved to Win 7 Ultimate 64 on Oct. 23rd.
The differences between the two OS's are just as big as the difference between a Hummer H2 and a Tahoe.
Vista was full of quirks. One of the worst was the way that they set up networking with Vista. It didn't allow you to run your network card at full speed. It would disconnect you at random times it you tried it. It also required you to go in and completely alter the tcp properties if you attempted to run wirelessly. Thousands of school systems that bought new computers with Vista had a nightmarish time trying to get that sorted out.
Windows 7 runs fast and clean right out of the box. They addressed all those annoyances and issues.
I also see the posts about benchmarks. Well benchmarks are good. But they don't take into account individual machines. My computer has dual quadcore processors and 16 gigs of ram. It's a monster. I ran xp 64, vista 64, and now win 7 64 on it. Win 7 absolutely is faster. I use Adobe Premiere CS4 for video rendering. I do it everyday. Vids are rendering FASTER than ever before. I use Photoshop CS4 64 bit edition. Batches are running faster. I use Thumbs Plus, batches are running faster.
Those are just my observations on my main work machine.
I put it on the machine in my bedroom too. It is a 2005 model with dual xeon processors. It's 32 bit. And was running Windows XP. But it had gotten so sluggish over time that it would take me 20 to 30 seconds just to open windows explorer to see my drive.
I could have wiped it and reinstalled xp and gotten it kicking ass again I'm sure. But I went ahead and moved up to Win 7 32 bit. The only thing I needed to do was replace the old 2005 graphics card with a new one to be able to use the Aero on Win 7. I did that, and this machine is booting faster than ever and running so smooth it's a pleasure.