Dell: Windows 7 Beta is promising

Posted on Tuesday, April 07 2009 @ 19:51 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

Dell blogger Daniel Judd reveals on Direct2Dell that the PC vendor has been testing Windows 7 Beta on hundreds of Dell systems over the last month. Judd says the results are promising, the operating system is noticeably faster than Vista and the driver compatibility is very good:

Here’s a peek into what we are seeing when testing:

On many systems we are seeing noticeable improvements in boot to desktop times (versus Vista)
Almost all existing Vista drivers are working – great sign in terms of compatibility
Vista Application compatibility is promising as well (including the IE 8 compatibility mode)
Transcoding (ripping) media files is faster than Vista

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Thomas De Maesschalck

Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.

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