title: Is Drupal 7 slower than Drupal 6?
body: <p>One of the problems with Drupal in general is that it is slow. We run Pressflow 6 in a high traffic production environment and it consumes a lot of resources for a site of its size.</p>
  
  <p>Much has been made of whether Drupal 7 is slower than Drupal 6:
  <a href="http://drupal.org/node/615822" rel="noreferrer">http://drupal.org/node/615822</a></p>
  
  <p>It appears that this <strong>is</strong> indeed the case, but can anybody confirm?</p>
  
  <p>Many thanks,
  Chris.</p>