Want the short form? In these real-life tests with identical hardware, Win10 was actually slightly faster<\/em><\/strong> than either Win7 or Win8!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Plus, Win10 is fully current with standards and tech; while Win7 is in its final months, and will no longer be supported in less than a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So the answer is yes<\/em><\/strong>; Win10 was and is better than Win7 in almost every regard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Really, there are few reasons to stick with a 10-year-old OS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Permalink: https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2460<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n COMMENT \/ QUESTION<\/strong> on THIS ITEM?<\/strong> See the<\/em> Comment box<\/strong> at bottom of this page!<\/em> I had same question when Win10 first appeared, so I carefully benchmarked Win10 vs Win8.1 and Win7, on identical systems, in both upgrade and clean-install versions. I wrote a full feature article about it. You can read it here: https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=2366 Want the short form? 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