Windows 7 or Windows 8?

Confused over buying windows 7 or windows 8? Don't worry the following detailed comparison will remove all your doubts and confusions from your mind and help you choose
the better one.

The following results and detailed comparison between the two operating systems are based
on Intel Core i7-3960X processor, 16GB of DDR3-1866 memory.

Startup Time:

The windows 8 boot up times reduced by 33% in comparision to windows 7 boot time. Going from 29 seconds in Windows 7 to just 19 seconds in Windows 8, is quite significant  improvement.

Shutdown Time:

A similar improvement is seen when measuring shutdown time. Windows 8 took 8 seconds versus the 12 seconds with a Windows 7 system with similar configurations.

Wake up Time:

We tested wake-up from sleep times using a standard hard disk drive. Windows 8 shows a marked improvement here as well. With <5 second wake up from sleep times being touted by today's Windows 7 laptops, we imagine the operating system detects when you are using a laptop and that
there are special power saving features on a mobile system that make a difference.

Multimedia performance:

Multimedia performance is said to be another of the strengths of Windows 8, and as you can see when testing with PCmark 7, it was 9% faster than its predecessor.

Excell Speed:

Comparing Windows 8 armed with the new Office 2013 suite we found that it was 10% faster when running Excel test against Windows 7 using Office 2010. Even when comparing apples to apples, with both operating systems running Excel 2010, Windows 8 is more efficient in using the CPU.

Large file copy speed:

Windows 8 features a new Explorer interface for transferring files, which provides more accurate data on transfer speeds and estimated time of completion. It also stacks multiple transfer windows together. The UI is awesome, but on the performance side of things there is little difference when transferring multiple large files together or individually. Windows 8 and Windows 7 deliver similar performance in both situations.

Many small files copy speed:

When transferring thousands of smaller files it was also found that Windows 7 and Windows 8 offer the same performance.

Conclusion:

We can say in case of Boot time, there is a significant change in the upcoming Windows 8 operating system compared to Windows 7. Windows 8 has got a better GUI. New features like ISO image verifier, which verifies iso image is genuine or not.

When we try to compare Security of Windows 8 a reset function is included, so that when your system is affected with virus, just start the reset function, virus will be removed and your system will be secure.

Finally, we can say when we compare to Windows 7 operating system with Windows 8, little changes will be there in the Graphics section(which include themes, wallpapers, gadgets, login page etc.,). Major changes are in GUI, features, security and boot up time sections.

The good thing is, there will be no additional hardware required for Windows 8. Same hardware of Windows 7 will be sufficient. So according to me Windows 8 will be better option over Windows 7 operating system.