Windows 7 RTM vs. Vista and XP

Windows Vista won't win a good reputation, and many people complain that its hardware requirements are too high. When Vista debuted in the fall of 2006, PCs and laptops are not as good as today. Powerful, but even with the current hardware, people who use the Vista system will immediately feel that this is a software that pulls the operating system of the "handcuffs".

Microsoft can no longer lose its reputation on Windows 7, so try to optimize every major part of the operating system, from boot to login, every part of Windows 7 It’s much faster.

Microsoft has now completed Windows 7 and has released the RTM version, version number 7600.1685. We use this version to test Windows 7 and Vista and xp on different platforms.

Power On and Off

An operating system boot time is not the most important performance - after all, we usually only boot once a day, but this is the first to show The indicator of operating system speed, shutdown is also.

All available updates have been installed before starting the test. In order to maximize the performance of the hard drive, the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) mode in the BIOS is turned on.

In our high-end computer using the PM800 series Samsung SSD, Windows 7 took 12 seconds to enter the desktop, xp takes 14.1 seconds, and Vista is 14.5 seconds.

However, experienced Windows users will know that displaying the desktop and starting the entire operating system is a two-pronged thing, so we made a second measurement, let the timer be enabled when IE 8 and Bing search homepages are turned on. Stop, so you know what time it takes to boot from the Internet application.

At this point, Windows 7 works very fast. After the desktop appears, it only takes 2.5 seconds to display Bing's home page. Windows7 takes 14.5 seconds from boot to display Bing, and Vista spends 18.5 seconds. , xp is 23.7 seconds.