Microsoft is very much confident about the Windows 7 because it is having lot many new features in hand. Last night, Lifehacker tested windows 7 beta, vista and XP with a desktop of following configuration and found that the windows 7 offers speedier startup.
Below are the details,
Configuration of the test desktop:
Intel Core 2 Duo processor running at 3.16GHz with 4GB of RAM. Windows XP, Vista, and the Windows 7 beta build 7000 are all installed on the same, physical SATA hard drive (partitioned, of course).
Test results for fully loaded Desktop
| Operating System | Average time to reach desktop |
| Windows 7 Ultimate (Beta, Build 7000, 32-bit) |
28 seconds |
| Windows 7 Ultimate (Preview, Build 6801, PDC edition, 32-bit) |
32 seconds |
| Windows Vista Ultimate (32-bit, SP1) | 33 seconds |
| Windows XP Professional (SP3) | 40 seconds |
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Test results for only user login Desktop
| Operating System | Average time to reach desktop |
| Windows 7 Ultimate (Beta, Build 7000, 32-bit) |
20 seconds |
| Windows 7 Ultimate (Preview, Build 6801, PDC edition, 32-bit) |
23 seconds |
| Windows Vista Ultimate (32-bit, SP1) | 24 seconds |
| Windows XP Professional (SP3) | 29 seconds |
Things may get even faster as Windows 7 is in beta right now.
Thanks a lot Lifehacker for this result oriented test.