PeteEU
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Ahh...but there is a little piece of information not listed here.
Ubuntu will run that fast on a system with half that memory...try Win7 on a machine with 1 GB ram.
I have no doubt Win7 is equally fast on a blazing system like this guy has - 8 GB of RAM???? Again do the test on a machine with 2 GB of RAM.
No question about it. On lower end machines, Linux is the way to go.
On machines with under 1 GB ram I would agree.. they are mostly half a decade old any ways. With a machine with 1 GB ram and over.. hell no. Windows 7 Starter works just fine with 1 GB ram.
Edit: I am running Ubuntu Lucid....I have 1GB RAM and my startup is between 25-30 seconds....but then I have a lot of stuff installed.
Edit II: I can port 1080i HD video to a widescreen TV at the same time the video is still playing on the monitor as well...without the slightest chatter or flicker in the playback.
Again - try that with Win7 with 1GB RAM.
For Win7, I want 64 bit and at least 6GB of DDR3.
Seriously.. windows 7 64 bit runs just fine with 2 GB ram, and great with 4GB.. DDR2 ram that is.