Definetly slower. Also, there's some features I miss from the old maps, like navigation on the map while on StreetView and the measurement ruler (from labs). But you don't need to switch to Bing as you can still change to the classic google maps.

I'm glad to hear I am not the only one with performance issues. That is a lot more upvotes than I expected, especially considering how google heavy the user base is here.

I love google's products and the fact that they all work together but everything seems to be running slower than it ever has before.

Looking at the comments below, it is pretty clear that other people are also having this issue.

It takes a lot for me to stop what I am doing, and move over to Bing so if I am doing it, other people are doing it as well.

They should put making all of their applications less CPU intensive at the top of their list, right away.

===Also, while I am complaining about Google products, the google news doesn't let me easily search by time anymore which has also forced me over to bing. Articles from 30 days ago are rarely useful.

I have the same issue. I have a fully upgraded 2011 Macbook air, and a very fast internet connection.

New maps are completely unusable. It's shocking. My computer is faster than most computers. Maps shouldn't fail on it.

I switched back to classic maps. The option is on the right hand side. You may have to clear your cache to make it permanent.

Yep, finally switched to Bing, although I was supposed to be using it even before, and it's soo much faster than the new Google maps.

Yeah, seems crazy to me they are releasing it when it's so slow. Unusably slow in a very modern computer.

I can't upvote you enough.

Why don't you just opt-out of the new Maps beta?

Its easier to just go to bing then to figure out and remember how to opt out every time. I'm still shocked they released such bad software.