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1. Comment - Firefox runs 11% faster in XP than Windows 7; IE, Opera run slower

   (Jun 13, 2009 - 2:13 AM)

   This is a somewhat useless comparison between XP and Windows 7. I loved XP and recently upgraded to Windows 7 RC (skipped Vista). Windows 7 is TONS faster, even with Firefox and here is the reason why...64-bit!!! Who runs XP 64-bit...I'd say very few. I sure wasn't. By the time I knew what 64-bit was (just before Vista was released) and bought a 64-bit CPU I wasn't going to shell out all that money for XP 64. But when Win 7RC came out I jumped at the chance to go to 64-bit and WOW!! Huge performance jump! Then I upgraded to 6GB RAM (not possible with 32-bit) and WOW again! I'll definitely be purchasing Win7 64-bit when it is released!
   
   So, while I don't dispute the accuracy of these statistics, the practical reality is that anyone who is on XP has hardware that supports 64-bit (or buying a new computer) should go with Win 7 64 or Vista 64 (with free upgrade to 7 starting June 26). And if you are that rare bird who has XP 64 then more power to you and ignore this advice.