You could always install IE10 in Win7 and try that. I'm sure it would be faster. Not sure if it's still in beta or not but I used it in a Win7 VM at work once and it seemed very fast.
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You could always install IE10 in Win7 and try that. I'm sure it would be faster. Not sure if it's still in beta or not but I used it in a Win7 VM at work once and it seemed very fast.