Will me Studio 17 run better and faster with Windows 7 64-bit?

Guys I am running Vista 64-Bit right now SP2. and despite the negative stigma Vista has I personally have to say its great, and fast. How will my Studio 17 benefit in Speed efficiency and or battery life with Windows 7 64-Bit?

I am almost hesitant to even bother with installing Windows 7 because #1. I use "tethering" to my Sprint 3G cell phone to use broadband data everywhere, not sure if that will work in W7.

Also should I do an "in place installation" over top of Vista 64-bit to Windows 7 64-bit.

or do a complete reformat install to Windows 7 which I imagine would be a driver hassle.

CPU wise I think I am covered a dual core T9400 2.53Ghz with 6MB cache and 1066Mhz FSB. 4GB RAM.

 

There may be some improvement, mostly extra features. Everything else will be almost the same.

 

actually it looks like its gonna rock multitasking 64-Bit W7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVjRkIiUGnw WOW!!! look at the low CPU load.

but will it be as long lived as XP, and does Home Premium Edition have support for 4 or more Cores

 

There will be little difference. That guy isn't doing anything intensive at all; I mean XP would probably be fine with that much running.....

 

Why would you expect high CPU usage in that video? None of the programs are actually doing anything. I can open a billion tabs in Firefox, and it might take while for them to all load, but after that, I can keep them on my screen for eternity without one ounce of CPU usage.

 

Yes, Home Premium supports 4 cores.

 

CPU wise you're more than covered.

You don't need to do a reformat install. Just do a new install (from boot up, not from within Windows) and all your old documents and settings will be copied to a folder called Windows.old. You can then copy over the files you want (like documents and favourites). You can also use Windows Easy Transfer before you install to copy stuff, including user accounts.

Drivers not really an issue. It's not like the switch from XP to Vista. For the most part, Vista drivers work just fine if there's no Windows 7 driver.

Step 1: Install
Step 2: Go to Dell download site and get the Windows 7 drivers/apps for audio, video, touchpad, etc.
Step 3: If they don't have a Windows 7 driver yet, install the Windows Vista driver.

There really shouldn't be much if any speed difference in running apps. The advantages are chiefly in the user interface, in my opinion. Start menu, task bar and even the system tray next to the clock are all improved. The huge improvements will be noticed by people who refused to go to Vista and stuck with XP.

My Studio 17 (same config as yours assuming you have an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650 scores a 5.2 on the Windows Experience Index.

Your (our) CPU is dual core, and that's what Windows will show, but Home Premium does indeed support 4 if your question was in regards to another machine.

 

Hmmm I get a 5.4 rating for my CPU and a overal 5.0 rating on the Windows Exp Index, and we have the same system I do have the ATI 3650 256MB only. You may have the 512MB version.

 

I'm not sure of the version and can't check from here, but my scores are:

Proc: 6.1
Memory: 6.1
Graphics: 5.2
Gaming graphics 6.0
Primary Hard disk: 5.9

 

and are you running Vista 64 bit or Windows 7?

 

They are running Windows 7, as Vista only has WEI scores up to a maximum of 5.9.

 

That's right - and something I've learned is that most systems will only get at 5.9 overall on Win7 because that's all you can get with a 7200 RPM hard drive. My desktop i7 gets:

Proc: 7.4
Memory: 7.5
Graphics: 7.1
Gaming graphics 7.1
Primary Hard disk: 5.9

I guess a 10,000 RPM or SSD drive will get you above that 5.9 barrier.

 

Still does not make sense why his T9400 CPU scores 5.9 and mine scores 5.4. Thats weird

 

I have 2 hard drives in my desktop and it's still 5.9...granted, I didn't bother with RAID or anything like that.

For the desktop in signature,
Processor: 6.7
RAM: 7.2
Aero Graphics: 7.2
Gaming Graphics: 7.2
Primary Hard Disk: 5.9

 

The fact is, you are running Vista, the other person is running windows 7. If we overlook the fact that WEI scores are not a great benchmark in the first place (I can run mine twice and get slightly different scores each time), you are really not comparing apples for apples.

Anyway, why focus on other people? If it does what you need, then isn't that what matters?

 

I am pretty sure my 5400rpm HDD is limiting the scores.

now reason why 2 identical 1737's with the same CPU, same GPU, would be getting waay different WEI scores unless its the Hard drive. I blame the slow HDD.

And there are 2 ATI 3650 flavors, 256MB and 512MB.

Maybe he has over clocked his GPU also.

 

I don't have to reason why, I had already said that when I have run the same test on the same machine two or three times sometimes it comes back with different results. For example my inspiron originally gave me a graphics score of 3.9 but running it a second time produced a score of 4.4, yet I had changed nothing.

 

I have RAID 0. I've run the WEI on four computers with 7200 RPM drives and they all scored 5.9 on that section. So my Studio 14z ends up with a score nearly the same as my Studio 17 and I7 desktop!

Proc: 6
Memory: 5.5
Graphics: 5.3
Gaming graphics 5.2
Primary Hard disk: 5.9

I haven't overclocked the GPU on the Studio 17 and it is 256 MB. My scores changed between Vista and 7 and likely yours will too. I don't believe the two indexes are supposed to be directly comparable between the two OS, even for scores at 5.9 or below.