They also found serious jumps in burst read performance, which explains why, given a general speed difference of about a third, Windows 7 feels so much quicker than Vista or XP.

In its first year on the market, Vista had far fewer fixed and unfixed security vulnerabilities than did Windows XP in its first year: 36 fixed/30 unfixed for Windows Vista vs. 68 fixed/54 unfixed ...

In case you were after a cool little utility that can transform your PC from Windows 11 or Windows 10 into Windows 7 or Vista, there is now an app that can do so using just one command.

If you miss Windows Vista or 7, here's how you can bring the vibes back to Windows 11 or 10.