Businesses Find That Win 7 Saves Time, Money
Or money and money, if you will.
Windows 7 launches in all mainstream markets tomorrow, but some organizations have been using the new OS for quite some time now. After all, the finalized RTM code has been floating around since July.
Interestingly, early adopters in the enterprise space are already seeing appreciable gains from the new OS, finding that Windows 7 saves both time and money. (Considering the belief that time is money, then does that mean that Windows 7 saves money and money?)
Saving money:
As described in a Computerworld report, Pella Corp., a window and door maker in Des Moines, used the group policy controls in Windows 7 to help better manage power use. By using group policy features, the company noticed significant power savings. In fact, the company's IT director conservatively estimated that the use of Windows 7 will result in about $20,000 in annual power savings once the OS is deployed fully throughout the business.
Saving time:
Energizer, the battery company with that pink bunny, has been running a Windows 7 pilot program. Randy Benz, CIO of Energizer, said Windows 7 boots up about 80 percent faster than XP.
"We're seeing a radical change from what we're experiencing with XP," said Benz. "My pet peeve is boot-up time with XP. It seems the longer you use it, the worse it gets."
Other IT managers pointed out that new screen management capabilities, such as Aero Peek and other taskbar features, could also help call center employees cut down on time spent per call.
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Sorry to disappoint you, but it does.
My RC install of 7 was booting up and shutting down as fast as when I first installed it, until I wiped it off yesterday morning. Honestly, I don't even feel like I installed a new OS. I reconfigured it to the way it was before, and everything is the same again, speed, responsiveness, behaviour.
I'm very happy with Win7.
@Clintonio
Why'd you wipe it off?
My Vista PC boots up in no time without suspend / sleep / etc. Installed in Feb, switched on/off everyday. Looking forward to W7 but don't need the faster boot times.
yes yes well done Microsoft for getting it right this time, but let’s see how fast windows 7 runs once it’s been installed for 6 months, if its anything like their other operating systems it will slow down with all the extra crap that get left behind in the registry and orphan files in program directories, file and registry fragmentation, temporary files that never get deleted properly, if it still runs quick after those six months then I would say it’s a great OS but not before.
@Donovant
I dont know if ive been running it for 6 months, but its quite a considerable time. Although i look after my system, i havent had to do too much with Windows 7. Its stil as snappy as ever, and the boot times arnt noticably increasing.
I recently installed Windows 7 on my laptop, and although my PC is more powerful it is not by a huge degree. Desktop performance is similar on a new installation to that of an old one
Windows 7 appears to stand the test of time. Could prove to be Microsofts best OS yet.