Bring back Windows Experience Index!

Indianatone said:

Those of us who are not members of Seven Forums can stop by and take a look at this page:

Show Us Your WEI [4] - Windows 7 Help Forums

Over 1700 postings. That's a lot for an 'unpopular' function.

jimbo45 said:

Hi there

For over 80% of us I don't think we are the slightest bit interested -- we KNOW if our system is performing acceptably or not. For the rest there are literally ZILLIONS of applications that can measure performance in any number of ways if you are interested in those things.

I'm sure when you get into a Car you KNOW if it's working properly even if you haven't a clue how a car actually works - and probably haven't a clue if you open the lid what all the various bits and pieces are doing. It's only when it's NOT working do you attempt to remedy the defects. IMO that's when you need a diagnostic or sensible warning to confirm your suspicions.

In any case hideously slow graphics for example might be 100% acceptable on a computer basically used for Word processing, email and simple Internet surfing whereas for gaming the graphics processor needs to be top notch - so a "One size fits all" Windows experience measurement is essentially useless in any case.

Cheers
jimbo

Maybe you are missing it's real purpose. Yes, it gives a lame benchmark. But, when I would go to a site to purchase something, ram, cpu, etc. there are so many variables, that I found it invaluable when someone listed their stats. example, an intel i7/i5/i3 cpu can come in many varieties especially when comparing to AMD processors. Or comparing graphic cards, or ram, or even total builds. If you are building a new system, all the information you can get is helpful.

When I buy a car I read reviews and compare it to other cars, who doesn't. So it is the same here.

And everyone with a Windows machine had it, so it was universal, unlike trying to compare to someone else's benchmarks, which you might use or not use, that is what is useless.

whs said:

Over 1700 postings. That's a lot for an 'unpopular' function.

having 1700 post doesn't mean anything, its the same as a "show us your desktop" thread, people just post in there to show off.

Imo the wei score pretty useless as new hardware is released about every 6 months, shortly after the release of windows 7 anyone with the latest high-end hardware and a ssd would of maxed the wei score. plus the wei didnt really give you a lot of useful information about your hardware.

@Trust_No1 can you tell me what info did wei provide that would help you purchase any computer hardware.

IMO I feel that a great deal of emphasis is placed on these benchmarks and WEI scores. As the average user I really cannot see a need for this information, now remember that is me. . . Now both my Mac and Lonovo have 36 gigs of memory, an Intel i7 4770 processor, and a SSD along with a 1 gig video card. With all this raw power I just cannot see what a WEI or bench march is going to tell me. . again just me. . .:)

having 1700 post doesn't mean anything, its the same as a "show us your desktop" thread, people just post in there to show off.

Maybe that's why they want to put away with the desktop too.

whs said:

Maybe that's why they want to put away with the desktop too.

can you link me to where you're getting this info from?

Well, look at 8.1. The desktop has already been downgraded to an application. The way things go the desktops will become mobile devices, LOL.

what could u do on the desktop in windows 7 that you couldn't do on the desktop in windows 8.1? im talking about the desktop not the start screen/menu.