Windows 7 Slow?

Legacy_user

All I hear is praise for Windows 7, and I admit, when I first installed it on my P4,3.0GHZ,1.5GB RAM desktop it wasn't to bad, but now with all my programmes installed it is rather sluggish, and I have deleted all the start up cr*p, It never was as fast as XP to start of with, it was stuck sort of in between XP and Vista, but now it is nearer the Vista end of things, Youtube videos buffering, online radio buffering and the entire thing just running a bit $hitty.

Anyone else have issues? I am on the release candidate by the way

Marty_J

Windows 7 isn't much faster than Vista according to recent benchmarks, and is even slower than both Vista and XP in some instances.

That's progress, Microsoft style.

DatabaseError

youtube buffering = slow internet!
startup cr*p ?? none on my machine??
radio buffering = slow internet

System

DatabaseError wrote: »

youtube buffering = slow internet!
startup cr*p ?? none on my machine??
radio buffering = slow internet

But just even opening programs is slow, XP its instant.

DatabaseError

you should have tried 3.11 ...now THAT was fast!

swvillafan

DatabaseError wrote: »

you should have tried 3.11 ...now THAT was fast!

Too right, those were the days!! DOS was king and all you needed was a DX2-66 CPU and 32mb ram to play Rogue Squadron!

On topic I have tried Windows 7 and I think its reasonably nippy. As a successor to Vista it would appear to be well worth it with plenty of enahancements. Dont forget that there will be a virtual XP mode available on certain versions of Windows 7 for compatibility with older programs. I believe it its dependant though on the type of processor you have though, if it doesnt support virtualisation technology (some new quad cores dont) then it wouldnt work anyway!

aliEnRIK

I dont know the optimum requirements for Windows 7. But if Vista really needs 2 gig or more to run its best then id say you need more ram

Baldur

aliEnRIK wrote: »

I dont know the optimum requirements for Windows 7. But if Vista really needs 2 gig or more to run its best then id say you need more ram

Provisional minimum specs - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/download.aspx

Here's what you need to have:

• Internet access (to download Windows 7 RC and get updates)
• A PC with these system requirements:
  
  • 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
  • 1 GB RAM (32-bit) / 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
  • 16 GB available disk space (32-bit) / 20 GB (64-bit)
  • DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
  Please note these specifications could change. And, some product features of Windows 7, such as the ability to watch and record live TV or navigation through the use of "touch," may require advanced or additional hardware.

Millionaire

Whats the point of comparing a OS that is still to be released to something that was released over 8 years ago with lesser hardware requirements?

98 was faster than XP, 3.1 was faster than 98, if you stick them on today's computers.

And I don't really understand Marty J's point, considering the current Mac OS is slower than previous incarnations on similar hardware.

John_Gray

Millionaire wrote: »

And I don't really understand Marty J's point, considering the current Mac OS is slower than previous incarnations on similar hardware.

You mean you haven't noticed that he is a MACrophile?!

Simon_B_2

Of course it might be slow, its going to be more resource hungry and require newer hardware than previous versions of windows and its not even finalised yet .