Windows 8 Even More Resource Efficient Than Windows 7

[dentso]

I am sure that MS will charge us for that innovation and stimulate the software industry. I am looking forward to see the license cost of Windows 8 upgrade.

 

[Guest]

they're both memory hogs, windows 95 ran fine on a 486dx2-66 with 4 meg of ram!

 

[Guest]

Isn't Metro on by default?

How does it perform/compare when you enable the Windows 7 interface in Windows 8 and use that as your primary interface?

I think that's the real question. I mean, how many resources does a pallet of colored boxes or squares really need?

 

[wbaldwin80]

I LOVE Windows 7 home prem. I use both 32 and 64 bit editions. This computer HAD Windows 7, but needed a clean slate so went to Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. 11.10 did not work with the Wifi card.
It is now running Windows Vista for my parents if they were to use it. I don't have my upgrade disk to 7.
The computer is a Dell Inspiron 1520. Bought in 2007 for about $1200. It has a Intel Core2 Duo with 2.0 GB of DDR2 RAM.

This thing is slow, it even sometimes needs to catch up with me typing! Also I don't want to buy a new copy of Windows 7 again. Any body use Windows 8 on a computer like this and notice a difference from Vista or even 7?

 

[genekellyjr]

I got a Toshiba back in 2002. Got 512 MB of RAM and a 2.4 GHz Mobile Pentium 4. Windows XP got slow after the years, so I put 7 on (lol Vista). 7 was clunky, but it worked. I had to restart it occasionally just to clean it out.

Put Windows 8 Consumer Preview (Release Preview requires bit execution which the proc doesn't support), and it runs really smooth! Geekbench score went down (I assume dark magic was involved) but usability is through the roof. I can leave it on, play music, and search stuff for as long as I want. Yay. Upgrade? Pshaw.