Actually, Windows 7 Boots Faster Than Windows Vista

On Sunday, I wrote an article which explained that according to tests by Los Angeles PC software maker, iolo Technologies, Windows 7 boots 42% slower than Windows Vista. This was quite surprise for many of us, considering Microsoft claimed the new OS would be faster than its counterpart, Windows Vista.

Fortunately, reviewers at CRN Test Center were skeptical and wanted to find out by themselves if iolo’s claims were true. They put the OS to the test using a 32-bit Dell Vostro 22o with Windows 7 RTM, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.53GHz CPU, and 4 GB of RAM and iolo Technologies’ software, System Mechanic, which according to iolo it can “boost Windows speeds up to 800 percent.” Then, they ran tests with and without iolo’s software.

The results are not so shocking, contrary to what iolo said yesterday, Windows 7 average boot up time was 53 seconds without iolo’s System Mechanic software installed. Iolo Technologies software actually seemed to delayed boot up time for about 2 seconds. CRN test actually found out that “System Mechanic did not improve the boot time and, in fact, slowed it down.” Vista took an average of 58 seconds to boot up.

There you have it, iolo Technologies’ ridiculous claims that Windows 7 took 1 minute 34 seconds to boot up are highly debatable. Until the company releases more details of their test, we might find out why boot up times took so long on their machines. For now, you can relax and breath tranquilly because Windows 7 won’t take almost 2 minutes to start up.