Windows 7 Beta takes another crown, besting Vista in SSD performance

It's no huge surprise, since Microsoft was planning on improving performance on this front, but now we've got some of our first solid numbers on Windows 7 Beta SSD performance. Nothing crazy spectacular, but Windows 7 looks to have a slight edge over Vista pretty much across the board, with better speed, access time and lower CPU usage -- not bad for a beta, let's hope things continue to improve as we approach "Microsoft would like your money for this" status.

[Psychojoe Posted Jan 19th 2009 4:05AM]

Yay @ Windows 7 for being awesome so Apple stops resting on its laurels. Competition is ALWAYS a good thing.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 19th 2009 7:07AM]

great news as i think ssd will destroy bluray in the end

and do u think it may be possible to switch from vista to windows 7 via a software upgrade?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 20th 2009 2:47PM]

This sounds more like a slight update to Windows Vista, you know, the beta to Windows 7.

So how much is thing gonna be?

And, if I upgraded from XP to Vista, can I then upgrade to Windows 7 too?

[Blaine Posted Jan 22nd 2009 7:21PM]

Doesn't the Windows 7 EULA specifically prohibit 3rd-parties from publishing benchmark results without express written permission of Microsoft? How did Engadget get around this?

http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=624

[Saber Posted Jan 29th 2009 7:58AM]

Yep, the SSD is only beginning and I suspect this time next year, all new computers will have them at little if any upgraded costs.
Regards,
~DD