Windows 7 RC slowdown

[c9]

I've been running Windows 7 for months now - first the beta, now the RC - and loving it. Much better than Vista, and better than XP in many ways too.

The beta was fast - a distinct, noticeable improvement over Vista - but buggy of course. I still found it good enough to stick with rather than dump.

Now that I'm running the release candidate, I find it less buggy which is great, but I find Outlook performance significantly slower. It's very weird. I can't find the pattern or reason yet.

Even worse, I can't find a good way to submit feedback on the RC, because essentially it's too late: Microsoft is releasing Win7 in a few months now, and there's no time left for new stuff. They pretty much have to just focus on the already complete fixes and changes. So my hardware, designed for XP over three years ago, was perfect for the beta is almost perfect for the RC. Hmmm.

I guess what this really means is I want a new laptop!

Update: just noticed something slow in beta that annoyed the hell out of me that is now super-fast. Hooray! Maybe this balances out.

Comments

[c9.livejournal.com]

I've used Outlook 2007 (both RTM and service-packed) on the exact same hardware under XP, Vista RTM, Vista SP1, Win7 beta, and Win7 RC. Only under the current config do I see these weird slowdowns in Outlook. They're not insane, and most people wouldn't notice them, but the lag was not there before, so it bugs me.

Outlook 2007 does have troubles for sure, but I've found good performance and good behaviour far more than bad. Hopefully you're fully patched, because I think that has a big impact too.