To properly put Windows 7 through its paces, we ran real-world benchmarks on a Dell XPS M1330 and compared the differing results between Windows Vista, Windows 7 Release Candidate and the final Windows 7 RTM version.
Here are the results:
TechRadar rating
/5
For
- Improved performance
- Pinned icons
- Live thumbnails
- Jump lists and window snaps make Aero useful as well as attractive
- New ways of organising files with libraries
- Improved backup
- Less annoying notifications
Against
- XP Mode isn't an integrated option yet
- Microsoft backed down on libraries and Ctrl-E brings up My Computer instead
- You can't add NAS drives to libraries
- Ultimate edition is almost unnecessary except for adding BitLocker – which should be in the Professional Edition – and rather expensive (as are the Anytime Upgrades)
- Yes, it's what Vista should have been (but it's more than that)
PC benchmarks
Our final and definitive verdict on the best Windows operating system ever
By Mary Branscombe from TechRadar
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