Comment Re:No Chrome on W7 (Score 2) 398
(I admit I didn't read the article, or even the summary)
Except, when comparing two identical machines like they should have done, there should be zero differences except for the OS. So, from the first push of the button to the desktop is a good metric.
But, what I think is an even better metric, is from push of the button to USABLE desktop. I noticed that Win7 seemed faster to boot than XP on an equal machine, but I think Win7 may just in fact be faster to get you to a desktop, and it keeps loading things in the background. The first 30-60 seconds after you get to the desktop, things are sluggish anyway. Might have been my imagination, or I remember XP through my rose colored glasses...