Windows XP vs Vista vs 7 vs 8.1 vs 10 | Speed Test

[@dusterpl6093]

I had this in my reccomended, and while watching this video I genuinely thought that this was a video made by a KZbinr with ten thousands of subs or something like that, and to my suprise it has only 300 views. You deserve a lot more subs and views on this, and I'm pretty sure that it's gonna blow up some time later.

[@TrigrZolt]

Thank you! That comment really made my day.

[@dominic0305]

I just want to say, I'm here before it blows up edit: it happened

[@mstsultana1438]

@@TrigrZolt i completely agree with them! This video is amazing! Keep up the good work!

[@vodafoneftwthenutshackftla8300]

@@TrigrZolt Why Windows XP,Windows Vista,Windows 7,Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 is Here. You Forget Windows 8 and Windows Longhorn.

[@MrammiR]

Same

[@Ograws]

Windows 8.1 was actually a really good version. It was fast, secure and less bloated. Never had issues with it whatsoever!

[@radixliner]

@@windowsrocks3300 crack it

[@Michiganian]

i like start screen sometimes lol

[@Ograws]

@@Michiganian I never did. I didn't see much use for it since I didn't have a touchscreen device at the time and that's what it was more suitable for

[@Michiganian]

@@Ograws i just installed classic shell lol

[@Ograws]

@@Michiganian I did too

[@TheOnlyTima]

Yo this dude's 5 hands really come in handy...

[@BallerShortsHD]

Ikr

[@fos1629]

He net one more for the camara

[@Stebasgamer]

Yeah

[@vinparane4567]

Hey!

[@ElectricGun100]

10 actually. Don't forget the mice

[@gunkymcsplunky]

I like how everyone’s least favourite, 8.1 actually won in most aspects. Shows how the OS itself is good but the start menu and gestures ruined it.

[@megakarlach2]

yep but atleast 8.1 tries to improve it a little bit Windows 8.0 and 8.1 (without Update 3) has more bad gestures and has many missing feature that 8.1 Update 3 (the update that release in April 8, 2014) has.

[@babitayadav1975]

I recently upgraded to win 8.1 64bit. The boot speed is faster than win 7 32bit 😁😁😁😁

[@96blocks]

@@babitayadav1975 Yeah, 64-Bit is way faster than 32-Bit.

[@sparky6512]

8.1 is my favorite

[@SHADOWLEGENDDRAWS]

It's a great OS if you use it in a tablet

[@ourfaces3091]

Windows 8.1 was one of the fastest. Start Screen is just an excuse to say mean things.

[@sebys1414]

windows 7 still my favourite because of childhood memories

[@af4650]

X2

[@ArjunMalhotra1197]

Same here

[@sheiii_xo]

Same tho

[@swiftengine]

My school had Windows Vista until 2019

[@thegamingworld3570]

I have windows 10 also but my favoriate is windows 7

[@albertcava4071]

Windows xp, you'll always have a space in my heart :c

[@brunoperez8042]

The best soft ever.

[@meenuchoudhary3184]

Best OS

[@hernanmuzio]

in argentina is in use now

[@murilloolivar9]

in mine too

[@meenuchoudhary3184]

@Fat Dud windows xp is my childhood

[@WafelTLD]

Windows 10: I'm the fastest system ever Windows 8: Hold my beer

[@XeshTM]

4:15

[@tomypower4898]

z yes easy

[@groovy111]

*Hold my rap god sonic speed*

[@tomypower4898]

@@groovy111 cool speeed!

[@worldwidecs242]

Funny

[@qua7771]

It would be hard to compare them based on the hardware, and software environment available in their era. That's where we saw limitations. When I got my Vista laptop, 2GB DDR2 was common, and it didn't ruin well.

[@tacticalmattress]

I had a Dell Inspiron 1525, it ran well after SP2 released.

[@firespark3234]

Woah this man is using 5 hands... *He is a Legend*

[@itstelis6855]

Lol it a edit

[@virtualpedestrian3271]

Woah yeah and it even floats

[@nimamaster6128]

@@itstelis6855 r/whoosh

[@Armanii2795]

Copied (I wrote that comment) , but I’ll allow that , since the comment is slightly copied.

[@firespark3234]

@@Armanii2795 Oh Sorry i didn't see that comment.

[@CocoTheMii]

I just realized something. Windows 2000 got 4 service packs. Windows XP got 3 service packs. Windows Vista got 2 service packs. Windows 7 got 1 service pack. Windows 8 phased out service packs. It's like every version of Windows from 2000 onwards was counting down to the discontinuation of service packs.

[@CocoTheMii]

@Alexsandro preis dubinski While it is true that Windows 10 gets two major updates every year, they're not quite the same as service packs. Microsoft intends for Windows 10 to be the final version of Windows, with biannual updates keeping it relevant. It's a similar system to that of macOS, which gets a major update every year, each one building upon the last. Windows 10 feature updates are intended to fill the role of new releases and service packs simultaneously.

[@embeddedinsideplaceholderl162]

@Alexsandro preis dubinski lol, indeed

[@megakarlach2]

Windows 8 has 1 service pack but it's called Windows 8.1, and 8.1 Itself got a another Service Pack (Update 1) which basically an major update on April 8, 2014 (the EOS day for Windows XP) that added a titlebar to Metro (pre-UWP) Apps.

[@senpaidarken9410]

Windows NT 4.0 got 5 service packs.

[@CocoTheMii]

@Senpai Darken It actually got 6, which is why I didn't include it.

[@Chickenbreadlp]

About the Shutdown time: Starting with Windows 8, Windows turns off your Laptop/PC Screen after it has done the most critical parts of the shutdown sequence, but is still running in the background, so for these Version you should've taken the time, once the LEDs on the Laptop stop being lit. If we would take this measurement, then Windows 7 barely beats out Windows 10 in shutdown time, but Windows 8 is still the fastest from what I could tell

[@Charldeon]

i also thought of that too but he replied and said "it's what the average Joe would do"

[@arorei]

I remember my laptop's light being lit for a looooong time in 8 and 8.1

[@Sukhoi47Berkut1]

Yup, Windows 10 does too, Windows 10 take a lot of time to shut down even to sleep. Windows 7 won the last test and windows Vista 2nd.

[@Leandruhh]

@@arorei Your laptop was so garbage then since Windows 8.1 is the fastest version of Windows

[@arorei]

@@Leandruhh I won't deny that. It stopped being a problem on Windows 10 though

[@DeepakJAT0007]

No one can beat them in their game: Windows 10: Automatic Updates Windows 8: Start-up time Windows 7: Stability Windows Vista: Beautiful theme. Windows XP: Error !! XP is godfather to be honest 🔥

[@despairdx]

the error sound xp has is goated and legendary

[@go2hell746]

1:48 i legit thought you placed the computers side by side. unless you are a ghost dude.

[@RealistikDash]

It took me 5 minutes to realise...

[@go2hell746]

@@RealistikDash yes...

[@kennethhicks2113]

Yep, good dang job.

[@gilly5809]

I swear it took me 30 seconds to realize he didnt have 5 of the same laptop.

[@JustaRandomCatWithAMask]

It took me 18 mins

[@grumbles9164]

Wait what? I thought he had 5 of them until I read this comment.

[@WhatTruthIs]

They are all the same laptops. Look carefully. What you see is an optical illusion.

[@oscarcerqueiro4038]

@@WhatTruthIs is not a optical illusion, he just have 5 diferent videos in 1, is the same laptop with 5 diferent windows on it.

[@Khalid0786abu]

It took in the comment section

[@pedroroberto4109]

Vista is tragically underrated. I've always loved Vista, it's my all-time favorite OS. Just 3 years ago i was still using Vista Ultimate SP2 x64 on my main PC (i7-870, NVIDIA GTX 680, 16GB RAM, SATA SSD) and i couldn't be happier, everything worked perfectly and the performance was great. I just had to move on to Windows 7 because more and more games i wanted to play didn't run on Vista. From my experience, 7 is just as good as Vista SP2 (performance, stability, etc.). Windows 7's only advantage over Vista is better compatibility with newer software and hardware. When someone gives Vista a chance, with proper hardware (at least a dual-core CPU and 2GB of RAM), and makes a competent and fair test of the OS (like you did), people see that Vista works just fine. Where are the crashes, BSODs and bugs people talk about so much? The people who say "Vista is bad" never even tried the OS for themselves, or tried it on a single-core CPU with 512MB of RAM.

[@sfsvaliantjelly8508]

You might have to update to 10 now cuz even when you upgrade to 8.1 its still outdated

[@leihau]

The main problem Vista had back in the day was the poor driver compatibility, which did cause a lot of errors and crashes. They were rapidly fixed, however they couldn't fix Vista's reputation of being a crappy bug filled OS. I did use it until 2017 though, no issues.

[@windowsxpforever2330]

Haha, you funny guy. If you were there, you would have known that in 2007-2008 even High-end struggled to deal with Vista. And probably the part of it were drivers but probably as one guy said "They [Microsoft, IIRC] listed... Weird... I mean good reasons of what it was fixed, but they said things like "Vista would do random crap! And this is have been fixed."" Also if you read that Windows Vista Lawsuit (E-Mail exchanges that were read out in court.) that was covered by Chris Pirillo, there message was a guy from MS that said that a 2000$ PC into a E-Mail machine! Like WTF?! You spend all of this money so could you could only run a E-Mail Program/E-Mail on a Web Browser on this thing? No... NoNoNoNoNo... No. So I don't buy that "Old Beige boxes that Ran 2000/XP well don't work with Vista" myth at all. Some people did actually spend SOOO MUCH Money so they could run that pile of Sh!te flawlessly to no avail. Example? One Bloger bought a Toshiba Satellite Notebook with a Core 2 Duo, 2 Gigs Minimum I'm sure, (Or even 4, that wasn't mentioned) bigger and better hard drive (There wasn't a good SSD disk for PCs per se back then.) and a decent GPU that could run Aero with it - He just had trouble with Vista. Several days of Tweaking, crashing, BSoDing, wrestling and just frustration all around... He returned that laptop back to the store (Cheeky guy said that those 2007 Toshiba Machine won't be driver compatible with Windows XP. I don't blame him, at least got a guarantee for his XP laptop for himself.) and bought a Toshiba Laptop that had already Windows XP Running and working properly. I'm pretty sure if it wasn't for my parents then I would be such a miserable kid that had a Strong Machine, but it could be going to waste by Vista's sucking. Thank God he wanted XP on it himself. XP was just perfect. In Every way.

[@shugster]

Man, where did he get all these floating hands from?! He's amazing! How does he even control them all at once

[@ryandobal]

hahaha 😂

[@ZhengZL69]

@@paulofernando7858 don't get the joke?

[@Frin4901]

@@paulofernando7858r/woooosh

[@Cringedak]

Paulo torres made a whoosh

[@paulofernando7858]

@dustboxednorth I dont get invited to parties though. Oh shit, I never thought I'd fall to a woooosh

[@gordonfreeman6497]

Ironic the most underrated and totally failure Windows 8 is the more faster

[@userjames2009]

Windows 8 - I disliked Windows 8.1 - I was ambivalent Windows 8.1 Update 1 - I liked

[@procrastinator23]

Windows 7 - I frikin love.

[@zephyr4494]

Ikr

[@pavy415]

He used 8.1 not 8 windows 8.1 is truly the best

[@Picadoradecarne]

Win 8 is shit...

[@seiparadeis7330]

The most underrated systems are the fastest ones: Vista and 8.1 XD

[@laboratorioassembler]

Always know this :)

[@paupau6682]

Vista shit

[@TrippSanders]

overall the only bad thing about vista was bad drivers and program support but at the start it was kinda bad. I absolutely refuse to use 8 or 8.1 my main reasons: forcing tablet design and Microsoft store junk on us.

[@himmelskibet]

@@TrippSanders Yeah use 7 it is amazing !

[@human8985]

@@TrippSanders vista wasbad becuase it is to advance when win 7 came vista is the same speed as win7

[@xasthured7074]

I have been using Windows 8.1 for a long time, from the first moment of installation in 2014 I knew that this operating system is much faster than all existing versions from Microsoft and it is the best, stable and fastest OS to this day. I also didn’t forget about Windows 7, which, in my opinion, deserves the same praise, it’s just a pity that every day it is being mercilessly killed.

[@elysiaeater]

I had 8.1 with 2 GB ram 27gb storage and it lasted 6 years even tho I messed up files and some stuff didn't work lol

[@KU-jh1dw]

@@elysiaeater use system restore

[@elysiaeater]

@@KU-jh1dw I cant, laptop burnt down

[@Roberto-nj5yr]

I had 3 old laptops: Dell XPS 15 L502X, Lenovo Z580, Macbook Pro 13 2012. All ran on HDD. I have tested Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 on these laptops and I found that Windows 8.1 was the fastest of them all. Boot time, system responsiveness, app opening time, everything was faster on Windows 8.1 Windows 8.1 was such a good and fast OS and I really miss it. Infact when I got an 8th gen Intel NUC(core i3 8109U), the first thing I did was to install windows 8.1 . It did install and booted up, but I faced problem when installing intel graphics driver (Iris Plus 655 not supported on 8.1) So I had to make do with Windows 10. And for a brief time when I ran windows 8.1 on it, it was indeed faster than its original supported Windows 10. Hands down. With windows 10 I have to turn off windows animation and transparency effect to get that "fast" feeling of windows 8.1(with animations turned on). Really miss it. I don't care about feature updates and security blah blah. I use Kaspersky anyway.

[@charrydureco3070]

@@Roberto-nj5yr o

[@SomeDumbRandomUser]

Shutdown: Windows 8+ is making the display black so it seems faster. Look at the Power/HDD LED for actual times.

[@SummonerArthur]

Windows 10 did the same.

[@laptopfm]

Very true

[@megakarlach2]

@Gokul Can Actually its was because of Fast boot feature introduced in Windows 8 (and still using on 10), it would actually close all programs and partially hibernate the OS. The Fast boot can be disabled in Power Options in Control Panel.

[@victorklassen360]

Yes, No one ever thought windows 8 was a single bit good... And I am still using windows 8.1

[@cheedam8738]

Dont upgrade to win10, never. My i3-2120 took 4 seconds to boot while my Skylake tooks 26 seconds.

[@victorklassen360]

@@cheedam8738 My father already did upgrade to windows 10, but I am thinking of downgrading it

[@worldwidehater1]

@@cheedam8738 what if new windows released

[@cheedam8738]

@@worldwidehater1 New Windows can be easily downloaded through Microsoft's website.

[@Leb-dp3cn]

I used to have 8.1 on my laptop then I upgraded it to 10. Windows 10 has definitely slowed down my laptop.

[@normalcourselive3145]

I remember windows XP and vista... childhood memories

[@Jakkilip]

Vista? Really...?

[@Othman1992on]

@@Jakkilip There are very young people on KZbin that'll make you feel old, welcome to the club lol

[@Jakkilip]

@@Othman1992on I mean vista was very bad windows

[@Othman1992on]

@@Jakkilip Oh now I see what you mean lmao 🤣

[@NotMars-2]

Hello

[@Lemon14918]

Windows vista is my childhood.

[@thecastiel69]

Windows 8 just blacks the screen after clicking on Shut Down. Check the power light, it turned off on 8:18.

[@BLOoMIND]

Win10's power light goes off at 8:24 actually.

[@thecastiel69]

@@BLOoMIND Thanks, I noticed it now.

[@Yuvraj-1066]

It is because Win 10 and Win 8 do hibernation instead of real shutdown....To see the real timing one should turn off hibernation completely..... And you can also see it when you restart cause both of them take way more time to restart than win 7 Edit:- That option is called Fast Startup...Its in the 'Choose what power buttons do'..... One more thing.....Hibernation reduces SSD's lifespan...So its good to turn it off.... Thanks for reading

[@BioCompStudioMusic]

This is. Before doing this test, quick start should be disabled.

[@musix7652]

Yes

[@Pyro-Moloch]

Tbf when Windows XP came out, all of this software and websites were lighter, so for the time it was very optimized.

[@LegoWormNoah101]

I wonder if there's a way to get the light websites back, only with up to date content. Could that be done with something like the Wayback Machine or something else?

[@professional.commentator]

But at the time most people were using dial-up connection which was slow as hell so it cancels the lack of optimization.

[@panagiotispetropoulos3871]

@@LegoWormNoah101 i am now typing from a 2000's sony vaio laptop win xp sp3 with an older version of chrome. it can acces all modern websites but tbh is kinda slow with 1gb ram and an old intel cpu

[@Enjoy33r]

when xp is get relarsed there is be a computer with 10 gb on the disc and 1 gm ram on disc XD so a windows xp is be good on a old computers

[@panagiotispetropoulos3871]

@@Enjoy33r that's tru and is the reason why I won't try to install win 7 or 10 on my machine. That thang only has 80gb hdd and 1gig ram

[@brokenliterally]

Windows 8 : i won lol Windows XP, 7, Vista, 10 : *dame da ne*

[@EvanMMD3939]

no.

[@brokenliterally]

well no, but actually yes

[@crashpal]

"Billchan..." - Majima

[@levinelson1220]

nice video man!!!!!!!!!! thanks for uploading this

[@tackle4826mc]

Thank you for spend you time on making this video. It's very useful information on the internet ❤

[@weabelpayz1272]

[tackle4826] - Tackle Minecraft พี่มาเฉย

[@ThatBuzzyDemigirl2]

มาเฉย...

[@Agent47real]

yes

[@soupnetwork6709]

Well not that useful really. You're 100% a bot.

[@babylaaamp2809]

เจอเฉย

[@Armanii2795]

Why didn't you tell me you had 5 arms?

[@TrigrZolt]

shhhh... we don't talk about my secrets.

[@Armanii2795]

TrigrZolt Oh well...

[@khaledmosleh7984]

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[@Armanii2795]

Khaled Mosleh Do you have a stroke?

[@itizafilitizinklitizfanfin5376]

@@Armanii2795 i think yea

[@pubgfun2934]

No one Me : Using Windows XP now with full efforts 😂

[@panagiotispetropoulos3871]

me too. i have an old sony vaio laptop win xp sp3. it's kinda cool to be able to acces all theese modern websites with such an old machine

[@megakarlach2]

@Rauf Ibrahim You may try to install Firefox 52 or install Pale Moon browser (this browser is basically modified version of Firefox 50+ with old UI). To install these browser, you have to use IE and go to i430vx.net/files/XP/RoyTam%20Browser%20Installer.exe and Run the exe, Install as normal, but you have to use number to choose, Remember to choose x86 browser so its would run. Also, I have a Nlite'd Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 with full drivers on that iso, and possibly including IE8 on it too.

[@milos.]

which browser do you use?

[@milos.]

@Rauf Ibrahim how do u access modern websites?

[@milos.]

@Rauf Ibrahim oh ok

[@likeamichiganderdoes]

Windows XP: Best for notes Windows Vista: Best for Almost nothing Windows 7: Best for KZbin Windows 8.1: Best for Printing Windows 10: Best for Working Windows 11: Best for Gaming

[@RundeKatze]

Most interesting thing is that XP had such an amazing complex sound theme that even today every meme with windows sounds uses modem sounds or xp critical failure or shutdown sound. Today most of the audience uses W10, but somehow XP sounds made their way into the world of memes XD

[@evep6886]

I want my Windows XP back. I am starting to dive into Linux distros because w10 is giving me a headache for anything else that is not gaming, at this point w10 is like my videogame console and then do the actual work on Mint But I would be happy with a good distro camouflaged as Windows XP I just want my XP noises back. I miss them. And that very very blue interface.

[@wta1518]

@@evep6886 You know you can customize the Windows System Sounds, and get programs to change the start menu.

[@AndyAndrei123]

Everyone seeing windows vista got the best benchmark result: Wait that's illegal.

[@reisenImperishableNight]

nah its not illegal - a guy that really likes windows vista for some reason

[@AndyAndrei123]

@@reisenImperishableNight windows vista is my favorite os too

[@goofyblud]

Ok

[@Your-Senpai]

No one ever said that Vista was slow. Vista was lagging. God it was lagging so hard.. But it wasn't slow.

[@Archman155]

@@Your-Senpai yeah, microsoft jumped quite a lot with aero but with the correct drivers i prefer vista over any other windows OS, 7 close by it. i just think vista looks so nice

[@e14ee]

8.1 was so underrated. it integrated really well with Xbox 360 and was really fast. Full screen apps on desktop killed it though

[@anthonyscola6409]

Not just that, but Onedrive, and windows phone too. 8.1 had the best integration out of any OS Microsoft has released to date. I'd be willing to bet that people only hated it because the start menu was different.

[@lekevire]

@@anthonyscola6409 I think most of the hate was inherited from Windows 8.

[@cpxgms]

@@anthonyscola6409 im a w8.1 and i agree that i dont like the start page/menu too

[@sirahmad]

i organized all my apps and make it group very easily in window 8.1 i love it ;)

[@sirahmad]

@@anthonyscola6409 I think Microsoft should update more features in window 8.1 and make it more fast :)

[@atti5370]

Honestly you should have made this using HDD and not an SSD, then the speed difference would have been more noticable. Good video.

[@unknownx69420]

this man has spent more than 2 days on this video as per my calculations, recording all of the scenes and yes you can see the background light its different everytime, next editing, good timing he had to work hard on it, ngl he worked hard on this and deserves much more than he has got..

[@Hi-wz7wu]

2 million views is less?

[@unknownx69420]

@@Hi-wz7wu yes its less than the hardwork he did you cant imagine how many hours he spent in just recording and then editing he deserves much more, more subscribers too

[@nicanonn6840]

You see a lot, Dr.Lector. But are you strong enough to point that high-powered perception at yourself? How about it? Look at yourself write down the truth. Or maybe your afraid to.

[@unknownx69420]

@@nicanonn6840 uh stop writing novel, tell me what do you mean directly, my english isnt that strong as yours so...

[@nicanonn6840]

@@unknownx69420 fava beans

[@AAvfx]

I don't know if I miss any version anymore. Once I thought 95 was the coolest, then xp, then 7, failed with 8, now 10, next 11. The only thing I miss is simplicity and more disclosure on various services. Sometimes I wish I could have a stable version without weekly updates that are somehow making my hardware older and slower... 🥺

[@realbloxguru]

There was something so special about windows 7

[@johnsimpsen5]

Windows 11 is gonna suck, if your pc supports it :/

[@kingofblackout]

@Eshaan Chaliha_12 sus

[@MaYeRsNoLife]

windows 8.1 is the best for HDD computers its an improved windows 7.

[@lordberly]

@@MaYeRsNoLife Win 8 UX is so meh. They failed to predict that tablet isn't going to be a thing

[@Joshu_Y]

Yeah XP probably suffered from lack of driver optimization as well as hitting the 32 bit limit. Back in the day, with the right hardware, it could be pretty snappy (after fully booting). Software development has gone pretty far in to the 64 bit realm so XP just isn't cut out for the load anymore.

[@wilson228]

Windows xp have 64 bit version, but most of the software doesn't support it and it is the only xp version that do not receive SP3 update

[@x66Hawk66x]

@@wilson228 Windows XP x64 is windows server 2003 underneath. The two operating systems are unrelated, the only similarity's aside from name, is the UI.

[@tomyyoung2624]

yes shit, but making desktop and tablet having the same UI was a

[@MyArtificialNostalgia]

Honestly XP on anything more than a Core 2 Duo and 2GB ram, is extremely snappy and responsive. There is much less telemetry and bloat going on in the background, however performance will always also depend on the hardware, and as time goes by, OSes get harder to run. I was just surprised to see 7 lose the boot times, I was really expected vista or 8 to come last

[@tomyyoung2624]

@@MyArtificialNostalgia Yes one!

[@thepirateswirled]

Good and interesting speed test!

[@1creeperbomb]

>Windows XP 32 bit edition >8 GB RAM installed Bruh Jokes aside great video!

[@atnm]

impossible...

[@CEKIKOFGAMERS]

32bit only support 4GB RAM

[@VoldoronGaming]

3.5 GB is maximum for 32 bit xp

[@CEKIKOFGAMERS]

@@VoldoronGaming hey my PC 32x support for 4GB ram

[@CEKIKOFGAMERS]

@@VoldoronGaming ooh xp i think windows 10👍

[@Motishay]

wonder how different the story will be when moving to ssd

[@TheJackiMonster]

XP on SSD gonna be damn snappy. ^^ I mean the comparison in the video isn't quite fair. XP can only use half the memory because it's the 32bit version (it's limited to 4GB). It will probably have the most problems with the hardware as well. I had an XP laptop with only 512MB memory some time ago and it booted really fast because it just copied back an image of the memory from disk drive (pretty much like fast-boot in newer systems). The other versions of Windows couldn't even run on the same hardware.

[@lgndw]

Good point windows 10 would probably be decent wait till July 29th for windows 11 then try

[@guildsandgames2515]

חמוס

[@AK-tf3fc]

@@TheJackiMonster only 3 gb

[@leoalper4530]

@You're Not That Guy no lol עם ישראל חי

[@garydunken7934]

I have used Vista on a Dell machine and had no problems what so ever and used it for approx 7 years. It worked like a charm.

[@qua7771]

What kind of work load? I think most of the complaints were because the systems that shipped with it were underpowered. 2GB DDR2 RAM was common in that era, and Vista needed more.

[@someguywithmtndew5691]

@@qua7771 from a Linus Tech Tip’s video he had a workstation with 4gb of ram with a bunch (a hell ton) of applications running for 3 months and never crashed

[@qua7771]

@@someguywithmtndew5691 I'm just thinking about the complaints of various Windows operating systems. I had issues with Vista being sluggish. I never had an issue with Win7. I'm using an Alienware Aurora R7 now, liquid cooled, with 64GB ram, Samsung SSD's, nVidia GTX 1090, and it's crashing apps about every 3 days before it needs a restart with Win10. I'm hoping things work out better with Win11. I'm really hard on a computer though.

[@someguywithmtndew5691]

@@qua7771 GTX 1090 lol, also do not upgrade to Windows 11 they removed a lot of features (especially removing Task Manager from taskbar). But yeah, the ironic part is that i gotten BSOD with 7 and 10 but never any with Vista. And it logons to desktop very fast, faster than 7.

[@someguywithmtndew5691]

@@qua7771 you could try reinstall Windows 10 21H2 or Windows 10 LTSC, or custom lightweight iso for gaming (Nexus Lite OS, Ghost Spectre, Fox OS)

[@poluefemus]

i’ve tried using windows 8.1, xp and 10, windows 8.1 is still my favorite

[@mygeneralchannel9616]

You know, every time you update windows 10, it gets slower AND SLOWER

[@berrysbaga]

Having a dell 2007, yes. My friend having a 2020, no. Why? Cause the device is getting a little less support every update.

[@VoldoronGaming]

Good practice is to reinstall every 6 months.

[@_dallas_]

Google Does Evil u got that spot on m8

[@TruceDoesStuff]

this is super true windows 10 is getting slower for me it barely opens my downloads folder anymore

[@dealstobid]

They learned that from Apple

[@smileynetsmileynet7922]

I'd like to see the same, but using Linux. The most popular Linux distributions.

[@justsomerandompersononthei2595]

*i u s e a r c h b t w a n d i t i s s p e e d* Gentoo would be faster, though.

[@mozzer1881]

raspbian lol

[@kvdrr]

@@justsomerandompersononthei2595 Because of compiler optimizing using your particular CPU's extended instruction set? I don't get how it would be any faster otherwise.

Might as well just pipe assembly instructions straight to the CPU.

[@TrippSanders]

@@justsomerandompersononthei2595 kernel is bloat, use custom kernel with anything not needed deleted for best arch and gentoo. But being serious for distros like that aren’t very useful in a speed test because there aren’t “standard” installs. Seeing how fast you can get would be fun.

[@topgamer8841]

hey where windows 8 R.I.P Windows 8 2012-2012

[@Kiki79250CoC]

It's more 2012-2016 ... Microsoft discontinued Windows 8 on January 12, 2016.

[@cheedam8738]

Yeah they killed win8 before win7

[@BlueHerschel]

I think he needs to use windows 8.1. But 8.1 belongs to windows 8

[@real_jman2845]

I'm happy they discontinued it which means they stop giving crappy updates forcing you to install their sponsor's stupid apps not letting you uninstall them.

[@iseeyou3129]

Win 8 was annoying as fuck That function after touching the right side of screen with cursor ...

[@Oreomyfav]

Windows 10:Im the fastest and the best! Windows 8.1:Hold my batteries

[@fep_ptcp883]

No wonder winXP had such a long life. The improvement in performance after more than a decade is marginal at best

[@Pidalin]

It's even worse, when you test XP, 7 and 10 on same HW, XP will be much faster in how it feels. Opening fodlers, start and such things is very slow in Win 10, you always feel delay, but in XP (and in 7 on good HW), it was instant. I have very good PC (Ryzen 3800X etc...) and Win 10 is still terribly slow on it, you wait something like 0.125-0.5s for everything, in XP it was instant, in Win 7 on good HW and with SSD, it was instant, so why is Win 10 so slow? I was on my father's computer last week (HW from 2009) and I was completely shocked from that how ridiculously fast it is compared to Win 10, I almost cried because it brings memories on "good old times." :-D

[@Terabyte-Gaming]

now you tell me how the heck can that happen

[@kamerad_marzuki3631]

@@Pidalin Wow, your opinion is same as my uncle. He loves XP and 7.

[@p0358]

@@Pidalin Yeah, Windows 7 is stupid fast on a clean installation with an SSD. And Windows 10 is stupid slow. It may make more sense to actually install Linux rather than Windows 10, the speed differences are visible too...

[@padleo]

@@Pidalin Agree!... The trend nowadays is that if the soft is slow, then upgrade your HW components! The PC companies are happy with it! they sell more high end products that not necessarily are resolving the problem... MS is just happy with the idea to not care about the user and his/her pocket and do whatever! Now, they request for unnecessary HW upgrades because that force all of us to assure to have an updated OS. Example: Windows 11. I do not believe that most of us will use all those new features that requires specific HW support on your daily work! :O ... and I do believe that IF there is an OS that runs Office, has a good web browser and a nice file explorer, it is enough for a lot of people to do its daily job!

[@noble_lime]

1:46 the aero themes and gadgets on Vista and windows 7 are taking lot of space and system resources

[@danialdhaniswarasyafar2367]

The Aero is a Windows 7 but Windows 7 os Very girls Whitout In Windows XP

[@m2macbookpro]

It can't take that much...

[@noble_lime]

@Vivek Reddy Medapati but they are minimal

[@mustasheolll2020]

@Vivek Reddy Medapati 8.1 is aero lite basically.

[@vrixmorr]

Windows Vista was a damn good OS. The UI was fresh and coming from XP was very exciting. Shame it isn't remembered that fondly

[@leotide1990]

I agree as well, I absolutely loved it

[@placyd]

Now we just have solid colors

[@wsketchy]

Yeah! I didn't /love/ it, I don't really have nostalgia for any OS, but I do recall vista being on my first laptop and not having any problems with it. I had problems with the laptop, but that's because I was trying to play roblox with a pentium, not because of vista

[@whact]

yes, it looks like it came from the future with all those cool effects

[@guifdcanalli]

it was quick as OS, but my Man how it crashed for the slighest of things

[@GMPranav]

Try turning off fastboot in Windows 8 and 10. Windows 7 would absolutely destroy them. That's also why when you reboot Windows 7, it actually fixed any potential error that was there in the memory state. For the long term health of your PC, you need to turn fastboot off.

[@airborneleopard1855]

me expecting XP to be slow XP: are you a joke to me? I'm still fast!

[@cemkaplan6860]

😌

[@vannillaAJofficial204]

And then Windows 7 is the slowest for some reason

[@lonware]

First, if my English is horrible, forgive me, but XP it weighs very little, and in its time, it took a while because of the HD they had, usually of little quantity.

[@Gorritym]

@@lonware Al llamarte Lucas, asumo hablás español. En inglés no se usan tantas comas, lo aprendí "por las malas" jajaja Sí, solo eso quería comentar xD

[@alysdexia]

Fast means not moving and bound to something, as opposed to swift.

[@memegamer1383]

If I got a penny for every time he said "Strangely enough", I'd be richer than Bill Gates.

[@memegamer1383]

@Awesome Sauce Gamer TV dafuk is happening here

[@axlah445]

Me:Has windows 10 Also me:watches this Also me again:Time to change to windows 8.1

[@byluvixyt383]

Yess

[@jackyleonpozo]

i use win 8.1 :D

[@BraydenKirby-uk7zq]

I was crying in my room for hours when Windows XP got last :(😭

[@MrSiloterio]

Fun fact: I used to count how many times the 3-dot thingy goes from left to right inside the loading bar of Windows XP booting screen in order to know how healthy my PC is.

[@mehdihani2932]

Let me guess your average would be 5 to 6 loading bars

[@davide.418]

In windows 7 mi pc makes 4 circules before the wallpaper appeard without ssd

[@MrSiloterio]

@@mehdihani2932 unfortunately it was nearing 20. the sadder thing is I still felt good about it.

[@mehdihani2932]

@@MrSiloterio open your pc Remove ram Clean ram with eraser or alcohol Use blow air machine to clean dust on motherboard Clean cpu sink by removing it and washing it It will definitely help your pc Loading bars may drop upto 10

[@davide.418]

@@mehdihani2932 use msconfig also

[@nurullahaksay]

If you have an older laptop use windows 8.1 embedded industry pro. Since it's designed to run on embedded applications (e.g. atm machines) it comes with nearly zero bloatware and telemetry. Plus it's optimized to run on low-end hardware. If you have a ssd this thing rocks (it usually skips startup and shutdown screens) if you don't have a ssd don't worry it's also optimized for slow hdds unlike windows 10 edit: don't forget to install openshell on it

[@blk9365]

Why installing open shell if the start screen of 8.1 is magnific

[@Chickenbreadlp]

But good luck finding a legitimate key for it. This is something for people who don't care about legitimacy of their OS installation really

[@DanteOfficialYT]

Install Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 1809.. Better than Windows 8.1 Embedded Industry Pro.. No bloats, No telemetry...

[@elifarmer3815]

@@blk9365 Because you can't do anything else while it is open. Open-Shell takes up barely any space on the desktop, on the other hand.

[@My_Old_YT_Account]

@@Chickenbreadlp You can get one off of anyone with ms azure, a lot of students who got it for free are selling their keys on places like reddit

[@TrainzInspiration]

Windows Vista *beats Windows 7* Me: Impossible.

[@tyrrellje]

@@Nighterlev Also, aside from the bad nVidia drivers, one of the biggest issues Vista had was at the time PC makers were releasing PCs with bare minimum specs for the OS. They saved money by cheaping out on RAM and HDD size. By the time Windows 7 rolled out, they realized that minimum specs were not going to cut it with the newer versions of Windows and beefed them up a little. Vista really got a bad rep due to bad 3rd party drivers and poor PC specs. It wasn't all that bad. Still love Windows 7 though. :)

[@bFishstix]

I miss windows Vista.

[@megakarlach2]

@@Nighterlev yep and running 8.1 here, Sometime, Both Windows 7 and 8.1 gives me a NVIDIA driver crashes on my GTX 750 Ti, and a older (formerly used) Geforce 210 that originally came with OEM.

[@wafaa_yousif]

2:43 I looked CLOSELY enough, and Vista is no. 1, while XP is the second.

[@morsine]

Honestly while everyone hates 8.1, it's my favorite windows os.

[@MuggyOne71]

Same here. If you add classic shell its awesome

[@mgdomproductions]

Same here! no need for classic shell start screen is epic

[@Tales541]

Windows 8 is ugly, hurts the eyes, looks like a smartphone OS, it is a massive downgrade UI wise in relation to 7. That's where the hate comes from. It's the classic "if ain't broke, don't fix it".

[@apoorvadancehub4485]

Mee 2 I was wanting to make win 8.1 in my old laptop win 8.1 is installed better than win 10 Win 8.1 Gang Yo!!

[@STFour]

Same!

[@LucasAndSuch]

i didnt know there were five cuts, i just thought this dude straight-up had 5 thinkpads for no reason

[@HughMiller98]

Something to bear in mind: the actual laptops were released in 2011. Windows 8.1 was the OS released closest to this date, whilst XP was the furthest. The specs are ideal for 8.1 as they were released around the same time. Windows 10 will have higher requirements as it's newer, so will run slower on the older specs. Vista and 7 ran okay because the PC specs were higher than recommended, allowing for good performance, and modern programs were designed for computers running high-requirement OS's. XP being the worst - maybe it doesn't like the newer hardware, and modern websites have more to load than the ones you'd visit on XP at the time.

[@spinosaurr]

Using 8.1 since 2014... not gonna change, its perfect

[@simoeqr1113]

everyone thinks that the windows 10 is slower, but remember that it's running on an old 2011 laptop that's why.

[@lummber4538]

and when you see that the laptop specs are actually an 2015 laptop

[@simoeqr1113]

@@lummber4538 i5 2th gen made in 2011 (google it), its an old CPU, but even if that laptop made in 2015, it is still outdated to run w10 in 2020, because w10 is getting updates 2 times a year. so it will be slower then the newest laptop.

[@worldwidecs242]

yeah... A windows 7 laptop with windows 10 iso installed is slower.

[@Enjoy33r]

ok but look for ram disc and graphic card is old but good and on the new computer is not be more beter because a windows 10 is slow computer with his stupid aplications

[@simoeqr1113]

​@@Enjoy33r the CPU is the most important part in the computer, it is the responsible of the laptop speed and performance in the basic tasks not graphic card or ram. and in this laptop, the CPU is outdated, the RAM speed is slow as well, so this is a bad computer not good enough to run windows 10 fast. try using a new computer with 8th gen CPU or more with 8gb of ram at 2666mhz speed or more and compare it with this old laptop.

[@limyrob1383]

Thank you, thank you! I'm running W7, 8.1 and 10 (4 PCs) and recently stopped running XP because the hard rive gave out. My main use is office and files and nothing could beat XP. W10 is painfully slow and until I saw your test I was beginning to doubt my experience. I'm about to uninstall W10 and go back to 8.1 and your test confirms this. Interesting I've had to go on e-bay to get W8.1 and its noticeable that the prices for 7 and 8.1 and Office 2010, 2013 are going above those for newer software so a lot of people must be having similar experiences. Your sacrifice in making this video was not in vain!

[@SpiffyCS]

Great job with the editing :D

[@biduthmix]

Just amazing 🙂, thank you for making this video

[@BirFincanAnime]

XP is legend

[@Birdy890]

@Dan Campbell I still remember how sad I was as a kid when my dad updated to XP and killed my ability to play Dos games. Finding hidden gems on those old abandonware sites was one of my favorite things to do as a kid.

[@Kalaxian80animations]

It really is

[@Nets..]

Win Vista and 8.1, good OS!

[@Pringles1]

Windows 8.1 is thé faster

[@vodafoneftwthenutshackftla8300]

@@Pringles1 Where is Windows 8

[@ItsMyName69420]

@@vodafoneftwthenutshackftla8300 yea nobody cares of that operating system :(

[@faisalnazir9043]

8 and 8.1 were the worst

[@Jaguarek62]

@@faisalnazir9043 they were not. You're only judging because of metro?

[@jm036]

Windows 8 was fast as hell, 10 was an absolute downgrade.

[@sasdagreat8052]

Charming channel name.

[@fair09]

try windows 10 by Ghost Spectre

[@dot8470]

based

[@Diamond_Tiara]

ditto, I still use it on an "old" tablet, it boots fast, and since it's the 8.1 pro, it's stable and never had to reinstall it. I just can't get along with the silly theme and start menu redesign.

[@Diamond_Tiara]

@@standupyak actually no, even if we rule out the datamining it performs, it remains an abomination! I swear to saint Celestia. even the 8.0 was almost useable, what are you even about? What kind of hardware have you tested it on? some kind of MS tablet?

[@MythicubeYT]

I am not sure why but there is definitely something nostalgic about computers taking longer to boot up

[@jonathanlegend5682]

3:41 How scary. A few hands just appeared

[@hooty78]

The thing that surprised me most was that there actually was a hardware configuration supported by all 5 Windows versions

[@jemmelhybalmes1376]

agreed, but i'm really doubtful about XP's drivers

[@NielsonLucas]

I was able to run Vista on a Gateway LT20 netbook, even though it originally came with Windows 7 Starter.

[@CesareVesdani]

In my opinion, Windows XP had the best nostalgic features that newer versions of Windows never had. For example, screensavers and wallpapers which are unique to Windows XP.

[@robinarora8137]

I loved Windows 98, even more Me, and then XP was the best…. After that all versions are kind of just a tool to get the work done… I thoroughly enjoyed those days of excitement…

[@CesareVesdani]

@@robinarora8137 My favourite version of Windows is Windows XP. Second for me is Windows 7.

[@robinarora8137]

@@CesareVesdani yea Windows 7 would be second best… Windows 11 🤞🏻

[@AhmedAli-tp6bl]

@@CesareVesdani for me it was 3d pinball on xp

[@sylaryss9382]

For W10, I still using XP wallpaper, and olive green colour set up. Bc nostalgic xD

[@davetuikong]

Imagine Windows Vista didn't perform that bad but it was accused of being slower than Windows xp on the same Hardware.

[@lordcron]

Man I loved the look of Vista though. It was so badass!

[@mgdomproductions]

True!

[@Tales541]

Vista and 7 are still the best looking OS's ever.

[@osfbro]

@@Tales541 OO NO BROTHER I LIKE WINDOWS 8.1

[@mustasheolll2020]

I like 7 and 8.1, but actually I think win 7 look the best, but 8.1 is just more modern looking, 7 looks uncle.

[@amnottabs]

Windows 10 "fakes" the boot time cause even if it shows the desktop faster the system is still not that responsive (especially if you're running it from an hard drive) compared to 7 and 8.1 where it takes longer but when it shows the desktop it may be ready to use edit: maybe fake wasn't the best word here but you all got the idea of how W10 tries to make the user think it boots quicker than previous Windows, because even if it shows the desktop faster it takes longer from the system to reach an idle state and it is mostly noticeable when using an hdd (it may happens with an ssd too but due to the read speeds it may be not perceptible and doesn't impact the user experience) This comment was based only on my empirical experience but I can assure you it is easily reproducible for you all if you have the time and willingness to do so in your own system

[@motoryzen]

WTf would you be running any version of windows from spinning rust? It's late 2020, If you cannot afford a damn 500GB let alone 1TB mid ranged ssd ( let alone a good samsung 860 evo), you cannot afford a PC...period and NO Im' not saying your PC has to cost freaking 700+ bucks for it to be worth a damn, but come on. AS cheap as ssd's are these days, there is no more any excuse.not to be running your OS from it.

[@amnottabs]

@@motoryzen is not about being able to afford it, but most non-techie people aren't even aware of SSDs they just bought a cheap laptop and use as is that's from where I heard the most complaints about "I bought a new laptop but is slow can you fix it please" only to find a Celeron N4000 laptop using an 1TB 5400rpm hard drive being killed by Windows 10

[@amnottabs]

@@motoryzen also from my experience Windows 7 is pretty usable with a spinner, just not ideal and yes, once you're used to an SSD quickness there's no turning back

[@motoryzen]

@@amnottabs "I bought a new laptop but is slow can you fix it please" only to find a Celeron N4000 laptop using an 1TB 5400rpm hard drive being killed by Windows 10" Yeah...I've been on the vendor/support side of that discussion a few times also hehe. My eldest customer is 82 this year and I tried to tell her before she went shopping for another windows PC To let me go with her so I can easily show her what to look for. But she bought the cheapest pos available at walmart at the time which was a really shitty lowest end amd apu inside an AIO HP costing barely 300 bucks..and of course ...had 10 home in it. ( facepalm). I even upgraded her windows installed shitty 5400 rpm hdd to a decent ssd and STILL ..lags when it comes to just typing text on wordperfect, ms word, and librewriter. Yeah...there are some situations where a ssd won't resolve all the speed problems.

[@quadraga2808]

@@motoryzen I have Windows 7 on 15k rpm SAS HDD, and I getting ssd speed.

[@ebol08]

Do not watch this while on drugs guys. The flying hands are suuuuper creeepy.

[@cobwal]

Lmao

[@rhaib]

Wait what

[@frogz]

Do watch this while on drugs guys. The flying hands are suuuuper creeepy.

[@cats4life_100]

I think you are in drugs 0_0

[@Enjoy33r]

yes you real

[@GenerationAlphaProLiteBACK]

Others: "let's have some blue color and start menu!" Windows 8.1: "Ima go yellow + start screen + ur too slow"

[@wordart_guian]

Vista performing did not surprise me at all honestly

[@BroManAndSkatePunk]

I used XP until 2014/15, still my favourite. I will probably still be using windows 7 like 10 years from now.

[@devangmaheshwari3902]

Hello outdated!

[@SergeantExtreme]

@@devangmaheshwari3902 Nothing wrong with outdated as long as it continues to work.

[@zigzag00]

Hello viruses!

[@Domthedominator7]

5:19 Windows 10 really is designed with SSDs in mind; it’s a known issue that it’s more sluggish than older versions of Windows with a traditional HDD installed.

[@dreki-brawlstars]

I don't know why people say Windows 8/8.1 is bad. It's a very good OS, I used it a lot of time and never had issues. It has also a cool UI and it's much much faster than Windows 10.

[@kostas6995]

Bro what the actual hell. I mean I didn't expect 8.1 being the king Windows 7 being that bad lol. By the way how the hell do you have 1.64K and only 16k. You really deserve more and I checked out more of your content and you have fantastic videos and ideas, I deeply hope you get more recognized in the youtube community because you truly deserve it and you make some awesome content, keep up the good work and never give up, this is one of the super duper rare times that I enjoy KZbin's recommendation and I'm glad that you were in there.

[@bendovaplz5329]

appreciate the effort! great content!. i personally liked 8.1 better than 10. And I'm looking to base a system off of xp for retro gaming

[@mikejones-vd3fg]

Very cool, just reminded me that Vista was my daily driver in the mid to late 2000's, people kept complaining about performance but I thought that was just GPU related as most didnt have video cards still and Vista was using 3d acceleration for their desktop. But I had no problem's streaming, gaming and even pulling a satellite feed onto another monitor all at the same time on a overclocked core 2 duo and 9800gtx. Loved Vista.

[@StarOnTheWater]

From 3.1 to 11 vista has always been my favourite. ☺️ Seriously thinking about Linux now.

[@astrounwrapped]

I love how the floor texture ends up being almost seamless

[@rahulsawhney1279]

Moral of the Video: buy a freaking SSD!

[@rahulsawhney1279]

@Awesome Sauce Gamer TV for any OS. SSD will make laptop much usable as compare to HHD.

[@TrippSanders]

@Awesome Sauce Gamer TV For us $30 you can get a 256gb ssd drive for booting off of and for $50 get a 2tb hhd for mass storage and games.

[@riyotsu837]

If ur using windows 8 or 10 then buy ssd otherwise not needed, Windows 8 and 10 have too many issues of hardisk running at 100% or the processor. If u don't wanna invest time fixing those then buy hdd otherwise ssd is good on both these new os. Windows xp and windows 7 didn't had those issues hardisk works fine on those :)

[@puneetmaheshwari]

Such hard work appreciated 😺

[@maikuj]

Even if Windows 8/8.1 ends support, I still definitely choose Windows 8/8.1.

[@syedalimehdi-english]

There are definitely some issues with this test. Windows 7 starts up faster and is more responsive on an HDD than both 8.1 and 10

[@_s.i.d_]

With fast boot, windows 8 and onwards boot much faster than earlier versions, mainly because they're not shut down completely in the first place, instead they're in n ultra low power mode when shut down.

[@boovproductions8515]

not true

[@boovproductions8515]

im guessing you havent even used 8.1 on 512 mb

[@whophd]

DUDE. This video - amazing. I think it’s the greatest retro tech research I’ve ever seen on KZbin! I just loved how incredibly thorough you are - I have a job where if I did that kind of split screen over multiple versions, it would be the finest day’s work of professionally comparing performance between the closest equivalents possible. I *REALLY* like the way you went to the trouble of finding a single software version that could install on all platforms. Bravo!

[@digitalvinyls3544]

Vista, the most beautiful Windows ever, years ahead of its time, and ahead from needed hardware to run correctly.

[@PurblePink8678]

You can run Vists on like 70% of Hardware nowdays

[@elvehser6265]

@@PurblePink8678 yeah, thanks to service pack 1/2

[@hananas2]

7 definitely has the most fond memories for me. I was kinda sad to see it actually performed kinda poorly.

[@Dash120z]

Windows 7 was like the new XP, best OS ever.

[@marveljayden]

No Its The Worst Is Windows 7 I Love Windows Xp

[@user-ez05ob0WqQ]

@@marveljayden but you can't deny the fact that 7 was and probably still is the being used widely like how XP did back at its prime

[@reisenImperishableNight]

well i really liked vista probably cause i was born with it

[@user-ez05ob0WqQ]

@shagbag913 is this an insult or something

[@bartsussygaming487]

I'd say that title belongs to Vista if it didn't have the laggy shaggy wacky performance it had on release

[@gentuxable]

I keep telling everyone Windows 8.1 may have a bad start screen (which can be replaced by just installing a single App like Classic Shell) but everything else about it is great. It has the most consistent looking UI and more contrast on the buttons and to my eyes looks the cleanest since gray old 9x (while Vista is beautiful eye candy but has horribly fragmented UI styling). And by the way as I had the exact same Thinkpad, it runs bad on Windows 7 don't know why but I had the same issue it runs 8 much much better.

[@dukdukmoose123]

haha, this makes me proud to still be running 8.1

[@devangmaheshwari3902]

Bruh I'm running 8!

[@immigueljoie08]

yeah, 8.1 squad here!

[@immigueljoie08]

@@devangmaheshwari3902 that's why I am using windows 8.1 for years, though I am upgrading to 10 sometimes because of compatibility issues in Adobe Softwares, I always love to go back to win 8.1, less bloatwares, faster boot up and shut down, uh it feels good, i hope applications won't end supporting 8.1, it's the best os for me. In win 10, I always receive a lot of problems like my second monitor not powering up, bloatwares causing lag to my games, especially when I am editing videos and coding large files.

[@songohan8392]

@@immigueljoie08 but now you should have windows 11

[@songohan8392]

@@immigueljoie08 it's much faster

[@cat_the_real]

For a not even supported computer made in 2001, Windows xp was working really good