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iMac i7 / Microsoft Experience rating using bootcamp

I'm currently using my top spec latest iMac 27inch mac with 4gb ram and 2gb graphics memory, quad core.

I have installed boot camp and windows 7 64bit.  When I run the MS experience rating, the overall score is 5.9/7.9.  The score seems to be hindered by what MS thinks is the slow transfer rate of my 1 TB hard drive.

I used to build computers as a hobby, but I dont for a moment believe my mac is using a rubbish HD.  Any comments on this because I am slightly peeved by this score.  Also the 64bit of this version of windows 7 took forever to install compared to my 32bit on a 10 year old PC.  The installation didnt move from 0% for nearly 10 min.  Is this normal?
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Ok thanks.  I guess I was looking for some justification for spending £1,700 on an iMac :)
I think the benchmarking results should at least give some indication of why the score has performed lower than expected.

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BTW - what is the reason why a 64bit operating system would take longer to install than a 32bit?  Content and size of files are the same right?
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Also those are expensive monitors. They are not 1920x1200, it's something like 2400x1600. You can't really find that under $1k