Best Windows OS.

**CrossLOPER** · 02-04-2010, 04:09

Care to go into a handful of details?

**Fragony** · 02-04-2010, 08:02

It works, it doesn't feel like a beta, it's just solid. This is a great 'sorry for Vista' and apology is accepted.

**naut** · 02-04-2010, 08:19

Originally Posted by CrossLOPER

Care to go into a handful of details?

Faster boot, reboot, sleep/wake times. About 25-30% faster loading times of applications compared with Vista. Easy to join networks. Better interface than both Vista and XP. Better system management than Vista. Better file management. Runs most Adobe products well. Uh... yeh, there's probably other things good about it, but that's what I can think of off the top of my head.

**LeftEyeNine** · 02-04-2010, 09:47

Why 64-bit ? What else do you get other than the compatibility issues ?

**naut** · 02-04-2010, 13:13

Originally Posted by LeftEyeNine

Why 64-bit ? What else do you get other than the compatibility issues ?

If you have more than 2GB of RAM you get to actually use it.

**Lemur** · 02-04-2010, 16:24

Originally Posted by LeftEyeNine

Why 64-bit ? What else do you get other than the compatibility issues ?

Also, the vast majority of security fixes were applied to the 64-bit version, and not to the 32-bit version. So if you're using Win7 64-bit, you're much less vulnerable.

**pevergreen** · 02-05-2010, 10:03

And it looks so darn pretty.

Everything....is....orange...

**LeftEyeNine** · 02-05-2010, 20:10

To answer your question LEN, I guess you'd have to determine what you are using your system for. Running high end games and such probably requires a 64 bit system.

Like what kind of benefits, Tito-san ?

**Hosakawa Tito** · 02-05-2010, 23:46

Originally Posted by LeftEyeNine

Like what kind of benefits, Tito-san ?

Here's some stuff.
More stuff.

**Husar** · 02-05-2010, 21:55

Originally Posted by Lemur

Also, the vast majority of security fixes were applied to the 64-bit version, and not to the 32-bit version. So if you're using Win7 64-bit, you're much less vulnerable.

Or maybe it just comes with a lot more holes?

**Lemur** · 02-05-2010, 22:27

I'm not sure I follow, Husar, but here's a little overview of the security upgrades applied to Windows 7 64-bit.

It's not going to be an enduring safety buffer, but it's nice for now.

**Husar** · 02-06-2010, 01:21

Originally Posted by Lemur

I'm not sure I follow, Husar, but here's a little overview of the security upgrades applied to Windows 7 64-bit.

It's not going to be an enduring safety buffer, but it's nice for now.

What I'm trying to say is maybe 64bit had more security holes to begin with and maybe has more left than 32 bit as well?
Just a guess but I think more patches does not mean more secure, maybe it just means there were more things wrong with it.

**Hosakawa Tito** · 02-04-2010, 13:01

Originally Posted by Psychonaut

Faster boot, reboot, sleep/wake times. About 25-30% faster loading times of applications compared with Vista. Easy to join networks. Better interface than both Vista and XP. Better system management than Vista. Better file management. Runs most Adobe products well. Uh... yeh, there's probably other things good about it, but that's what I can think of off the top of my head.

I've only had this new laptop with Win7 for a couple of days. My desktop runs vista. Boot up time is definitely faster, and I like the user interface better. My son used the laptop to make a video presentation for a school project and he claims the video encoding with Win Live Movie Maker was much faster.

I bought this laptop specifically for the 32 bit operating system, my desktop runs 64 bit. I have older programs, games & other things I use at work, that are incompatible with a 64 bit. To answer your question LEN, I guess you'd have to determine what you are using your system for. Running high end games and such probably requires a 64 bit system.