Windows 7 RC 64bit - Working like a champ

Been testing Windows 7 beta since it came out and spend the last few days testing the RC of the 64 bit version. I compared it to a Vista 64 install on the same machine Asus P5q q9550@ 3.7 and 8 gigs ram.
It's about 5-10 percent faster based on my testing opening and rendering Premiere, AME and AE project. The biggest surprise was tiny problems I had with Premiere CS4 on Vista 64 completely disapeared. Wow.
Just figured I'd let you guys know. I finished a few projects on it the past couple of days and couldn't be happier. So much faster......... and free for 10 months or so.

Jim,
You know I was against Vista for a long time, but finally installed it (I had no alternative with the upgrade to 12 GB RAM) and I still have difficulty to find any advantage in Vista64 over XP. Its slow networking, huge footprint, all the standard services loaded at boot time make it bloated and sometimes instable. I have not tried Windows 7 myself, but from what I hear from IT porfessionals it leaves Vista far behind. Far more stable, more efficient. Currently the only choices you have are either Server 2008 (which may be suboptimal for editing) or Windows 7 RC if you want to leave Vista. That your system runs OK with Vista, and possibly better than with XP may have to do with the corruption that every system experiences after heavy use. That blasted registry is what is wreaking havoc on all systems and you may be comparing an old XP installation with a new Vista installation, thus comparing a corrupted registry with a rather clean one. Another thing to consider before you pass judgement is your hardware. With each new OS hardware demands are increased and more tuned to modern mobo/CPU combo's to take advantage of all the new developments.
I don't like to install beta/RC software on my system (I'll wait for the final version), but from the reports I get, I'm tempted.

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