Thread: Windows 8 memory disadvantage?

My opinion after puttin Win 8 on 3 systems is DON'T. I've found NO benefit from it and I regret wasting the Money on it. I should gave stayed on Win 7.

Win 8 boots faster, runs faster and is more secure. I will never go back to Win 7 on our laptops. They are both conventional non-touch laptops a few years old.

Win 8 utilizes memory better than Win 7. In my case this makes it faster.

In addition to better memory usage (I'm talking Ram here) I like some of the additional features of Win 8.

In my system, using Win 7, I always had problems with permissions when trying to move files from one laptop to another. I would set permissions on all PCs, tried both Home Group and Workgroup, and transferring files was very intermittent. It worked sometimes, but more often than not would give me a permissions error. Win 8 has none of these problems. I set up Workgroup and it just works. No problems. The intermittent problems drove me nuts in Win 7. They are gone in Win 8.

I really like the Picture Password.

I also like File History. Each month when I create a new Image, I run File History. This saves all my data to my Ext, HD.

Setting up Win 8 to use my separate data partition was just plain easy.

Everything is just smooth with Win 8 Pro.

I would definitely recommend a Custom Install from media I created. This will give the most pristine installation and give you an installation media for future use, including a Repair Console.

Currently, running Windows 8 Pro, I have 4 apps running, 20 background processes and 24 Windows processes, using 22% memory of 8Gb's. To me, that looks like quite a bit.
I will have to run Windows 7, then Windows Vista, both on this machine, to compare memory usage.

Don

In Windows Vista Ultimate x64, with 58 running processes;


Windows 7 HP x64, with 54 running processes;


Windows 8 Pro x64, with 51 running processes;


These are all on the same machine running 8Gb's memory.

Hope this shows what you wanted.
Vista and 7 are not memory hogs as some people say/or think.
As far as I see it, there is no disadvantage.

Don

Using the same hardware I'd like to see a comparison of a fresh install of Windows 7 RTM with no updates from MS the same for Windows 8. To make it more interesting disable Gadgets and Aero in Windows 7 and use MSE for the AV.
Joe

Originally Posted by Joe S

Using the same hardware I'd like to see a comparison of a fresh install of Windows 7 RTM with no updates from MS the same for Windows 8. To make it more interesting disable Gadgets and Aero in Windows 7 and use MSE for the AV.
Joe

They are not exactly fresh/new installs, but, I do have the Gadgets Platform disabled in Vista & 7 which was done as soon as the OS's were installed, up & running, also in Vista & 7, I do use MSE and have since it first became available.
Have not disabled Aero, because I like it.

Don

Don, It does appear on your system that Win 8 uses less Ram than Win 7 (3%) and Vista (5%). These are not huge differences, but even small differences can, over time or number of systems, equal big savings. In a business environment with many systems this correlates to more efficiency.

Originally Posted by Medicted60

Don, It does appear on your system that Win 8 uses less Ram than Win 7 (3%) and Vista (5%). These are not huge differences, but even small differences can, over time or number of systems, equal big savings. In a business environment with many systems this correlates to more efficiency.

Agreed, you also have to take in to account, (not previously mentioned) that I do have more programs installed in Windows 8 than the other 2 as I am now using 8 as my main OS and it's running 3-7 less processes, so that may account for the % difference.
I checked again for the fun of it and Vista dropped to 19%, 7 stayed the same and I checked 8 while I was getting Windows Media Center installed and only rose to 18%.

I have no complaints with Vista, 7 or 8.

Don