Windows 7 why so much better.

Whats so much better with this new system windows 7 . Vista runs pretty smooth on my machine. Why should I upgrade.

I'm going from XP to 7 when I get my loans in.

It uses half the RAM, runs smoother, is more compatible, none of the glitches...the list goes on. It's literally better in every single way.

Iam not sure but on my new dell i have I run 8 gigs of ddr..It runs great..

a question: how much ram does Vista consume idle???GazaAli

It uses half the RAM, runs smoother, is more compatible, none of the glitches...the list goes on. It's literally better in every single way.

Pirate700

[QUOTE="GazaAli"]a question: how much ram does Vista consume idle???Pirate700

It uses half the RAM, runs smoother, is more compatible, none of the glitches...the list goes on. It's literally better in every single way.

Pirate700

This. Plus a highly improved preview feature, Jump Lists, it's everything Vista should have been and more.

It uses half the RAM, runs smoother, is more compatible, none of the glitches...the list goes on. It's literally better in every single way.

Pirate700

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

It uses half the RAM, runs smoother, is more compatible, none of the glitches...the list goes on. It's literally better in every single way.

Teenaged

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

It uses half the RAM, runs smoother, is more compatible, none of the glitches...the list goes on. It's literally better in every single way.

Teenaged

The main one I've had a problem with is Aero crashing randomly. There were also a bunch of others, but those I managed to find a solution for.

It uses half the RAM, runs smoother, is more compatible, none of the glitches...the list goes on. It's literally better in every single way.

Pirate700

How does it use less ram then?

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It uses half the RAM, runs smoother, is more compatible, none of the glitches...the list goes on. It's literally better in every single way.

Gambler_3

How does it use less ram then?

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

It uses half the RAM, runs smoother, is more compatible, none of the glitches...the list goes on. It's literally better in every single way.

Pirate700

*finds nothing informative*

I was just asking because I never had glitches with Vista other than compatibility issue with remote devices such as mp3 players.

Anyway nvm.

[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

It uses half the RAM, runs smoother, is more compatible, none of the glitches...the list goes on. It's literally better in every single way.

Gambler_3

How does it use less ram then?

wrong, 7 needs less RAM in general. Vista for me was 2GB or more on occasion, and 7 is 1.5 up to 2GB after heavy use.

You do know that 7 has a higher ram requirement than vista?

How does it use less ram then?

Gambler_3

The official requirements are exactly the same (1 GB). And in every test I've seen it showed that Vista needed more than that to run smoothly, while 7 ran fine under that limit. :?

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[QUOTE="Pirate700"]

It uses half the RAM, runs smoother, is more compatible, none of the glitches...the list goes on. It's literally better in every single way.

Gigagamer2

How does it use less ram then?

wrong, 7 needs less RAM in general. Vista for me was 2GB or more on occasion, and 7 is 1.5 up to 2GB after heavy use.

Windows 7 64-bit has a minimum requirement of 2GB whereas vista only needs 1GB...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7#Hardware_requirements

[QUOTE="Gambler_3"]

You do know that 7 has a higher ram requirement than vista?

How does it use less ram then?

metroidfood

The official requirements are exactly the same (1 GB). And in every test I've seen it showed that Vista needed more than that to run smoothly, while 7 ran fine under that limit. :?

I havent seen any tests but you simply cant say that it needs less resources when it clearly has higher requirements...

64-bit windows 7 needs 2GB minimum.

I havent seen any tests but you simply cant say that it needs less resources when it clearly has higher requirements...

Gambler_3

It's probably more than likely the change of 1GB to 2GB was because people with the minimum requirements with Vista 64-bit had trouble running it since the RAM usage of 64-bit is higher than 32-bit.

It's better to overestimate minimum requirements than underestimate them. And it doesn't negate the fact that in every actual test I've seen Windows 7 is faster and uses less RAM than Vista.

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[QUOTE="Gambler_3"]

You do know that 7 has a higher ram requirement than vista?

How does it use less ram then?

Gambler_3

The official requirements are exactly the same (1 GB). And in every test I've seen it showed that Vista needed more than that to run smoothly, while 7 ran fine under that limit. :?

I havent seen any tests but you simply cant say that it needs less resources when it clearly has higher requirements...

[QUOTE="Gigagamer2"]

[QUOTE="Gambler_3"]You do know that 7 has a higher ram requirement than vista?

How does it use less ram then?

Gambler_3

wrong, 7 needs less RAM in general. Vista for me was 2GB or more on occasion, and 7 is 1.5 up to 2GB after heavy use.

Windows 7 64-bit has a minimum requirement of 2GB whereas vista only needs 1GB...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_7#Hardware_requirements

i know vista uses more ram when you have more available. Vista used 1GB when i used to have 2. And 7 doesnt need 2GB. My friend runs it on his laptop perfectly fine, and that only has 1GB of memory. Vista on my sisters laptop however is apalling, and her laptop has 1GB of RAM.

It uses half the RAM, runs smoother, is more compatible, none of the glitches...the list goes on. It's literally better in every single way.

Pirate700

I'll stick with Vista on my laptop but may upgrade to 7 on my PC.