[Mattz333]

I'm currently running an Acer Aspire 5315:

Intel Celeron (Single Core) 2.0 Ghz | 1mb Cache
1Gb DDR2 533Mhz
80Gb HDD
252mb (shared) Intel GMA X3100

Duel booting XP and Ubuntu 9.10.

I'm wondering what sort of performance hit I would get if I removed XP and put 7 in it's place, currently I don't get the best of performance in XP or Ubuntu but 've read that 7 runs with very similar performance to XP.XP v windows 7

I want to get 7, but there is no point in upgrading if it's going to be running really slowly.

[Panda X]

Dual boot and see would be the most definite answer. Or you could assume no, they'll perform about the same.

[redsoxrock]

I have a duel boot on my netbook and windows 7 runs smooth

[Panda X]

redsoxrock posted:

I have a duel boot on my netbook and windows 7 runs smooth

Hope it's not bloody with corpses lying on the field.

[Shining_Sabe]

With that 1GB of RAM, I'm not so sure if it'd perform stupendously or just well.
Can't hurt to try a dual boot.

[reapaninja]

redsoxrock posted:

duel

Mattz333 posted:

Duel

is it Gentlemanly Battle Time?

[Mattz333]

Well, that's one of the problems, I only have about 5gb free space on my hdd. To dual boot I would have to format the XP partition first, install 7, and if it runs too slowly I would then have to remove 7 and reinstall XP.

Would it be worth trying virtualbox (or something similar) to see what performance is like?

[Panda X]

reapaninja posted:

is it Gentlemanly Battle Time?

I do believe so my good chap.

[Roast Beast]

Mattz333 posted:

Would it be worth trying virtualbox (or something similar) to see what performance is like?

No, that wouldn't give you an accurate indication of how well it would run normally.

[AMD 32]

Everything other than Left4Dead has run faster for me. That's talking about general OS tasks, not just games. Left4Dead seems a bit slower than I'd have liked from my upgrade but I don't regret it.

Just realised you didn't mention games but I'll keep that info in my post anyway. Personally I've found 7 faster than XP on my system for pretty much everything.

[SGTNAPALM]

Panda X posted:

I do believe so my good chap.

I challenge you to a bout of fisticuffs!

[reapaninja]

SGTNAPALM posted:

I challenge you to a bout of fisticuffs!

I'll put on a spot of tea! Loser doesn't get milk!

[Mattz333]

AMD 32 posted:

Everything other than Left4Dead has run faster for me. That's talking about general OS tasks, not just games. Left4Dead seems a bit slower than I'd have liked from my upgrade but I don't regret it.

Just realised you didn't mention games but I'll keep that info in my post anyway. Personally I've found 7 faster than XP on my system for pretty much everything.

Ah, that sounds quite good. Thanks for the info.

I don't plan to game really other than older pc games, Half Life 1 at a stretch.

[gerbils_alt_2]

reapaninja posted:

I'll put on a spot of tea! Loser doesn't get milk!

I bite thy thumb at you sire!