windows 7 faster than Vista and xp?

When they made the OS, its seems like windows 7 has a suprise in store for many, its able to run on netbook computers, those small and with tiny keyboards and screens.
But its also able to run applications faster than Vista which is no suprise but also better than XP.

For many that is neat and we can ask us, how come it runs faster?

Windows 7 introduce a new thinking around the OS, as Microsoft saw a growing market with netbooks, they also saw, smaller and less powerful ahrdware, and they knew, if we make windows 7, to require as much as Vista did, we dont get that market.

So, what did they do?

They re-designed the absolute needed connections windows make to function within its kernel.
Doing that, allowed them to shrink the kernel down, they then knew what a small kernel they could do that was important to windows 7 functionality so it worked out of the box.
The kernel is a layered onion, each layer has its own function, first layer is hardware, then comes the how the hardware interact with the software drivers for your devices.
Then a layer for your applications and so on.

Microsoft way, isnt as direct as Mac or Linux, and you can say, its not as efficient designed but this also means, windows works with a lot more devices than any OS out there.
Its also neat to have 1.5gb drivers for your plug and play printer but as many knows, we dont use that many devices but to have the functionality of plug and play, there is a drawback that adds a little delay in the design of the windows.
However, this as it is looked at from the windows 7 team, they are requried to make smaller, faster, and more effcient functions based on feedback in how people use their computer.

Did you know most never set a password?

The reason is, we see the computer as a personal one much like our cellphone.
We also often just use one account.

We do so, as our habits using a computer are to share across our devices.
That windows 7 is as it seems faster to do things I am guessing that it has a lot to do with the re-design of the kernel, in what is a must needed for connections, and that streamlining of the kernel will start to bring us more speed using windows 7.

As fast or faster than XP, safer and more secure than XP/Vista, its new UI and easier to work across the same windows, for me that indicate a pretty decent OS that be out there to get.
Why use the old one, if the new one will make your machines run faster, look better and be more fun to use in a shared community?

You tell me

1. Shows M3 build 6801 released at pdc.
http://lifehacker.com/5082336/windows-7-vista-and-xp-bootup-benchmarks-updated

2. Build 6956 tested
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3187

3. Test showing w7 with xp and vista (beta 1) 7000 build
http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3236&page=2

BTW
If windows 7 now is faster in beta, than the old and worn XP and Vista, how much will that improve further down the line into RC?
And, down the years?

I guess, we have a nice speedy, snappy OS and with the addition of solid state drives SSD, our desktop will be better looking and faster than before.

I hope this means a more integrated across platform at least if we use windows 7 as such ;)

/Robert Johansson

Home groups

Networks is like those invincible turtles that runs around, you never see them but you know they are there.
I most likely spent more hours trying to fix a network more than anything else.

In windows 7 this is rebuilt into a homegroup network.
So, you install w7, then you note you get to set a homegroup password.
Its pre produced, so you write it down and share it with everyone else on the homegroup.
I do hope they add a print out option.
Its pre done since a lot of people dont like to set a password since we often use 2 or so for our daily use.

Homegroups are made to make it easier.
If you have a printer, and its windows certified, then its get installed automatically, for all computers on the homegroup using w7.
If it uses a thirdparty device, you get a question if to install this or not.

If you set home, then the computer knows, this is your home network, if you walk over to your friend, and join his hoemgroup, this is set to his home, but when you come back home, your computer rejoins your own homegroup without asking.
Its neat, then its working as we do things, it knows where your home is...

Now, I just need the beta 1 from Microsoft so I can try this out with my own homegroup in house.

This homegroup network will allow a sharing of content across using libraries, so you add what content using libraries, and this then becomes automatically shared across your home network, and anyone who has the password and joins your homegroup, can see the files, sharing across computers will then be easy and hoepfully ends the hours trying to make this work.

Some might ask, what about vista, xp, mac and Linux?
This be done the old fashioned way.

One reason windows 7 does as it does, are to make the new conenction and system work on one platform, built from the ground up, since this also make it easier to create functionality, security and acess for us, and just using windows 7 as it is today, will most likely convince a lot of people to get windows 7.

I hope drivers from ati and Nvidia gets made asap, so people can get gaming on it really well.

/Robert Johansson