Windows 8 Boots Up in Eight Seconds

I must admit, I'm not really that excited about Windows 8.

I should probably install the developer demo first and play around with it, but I'm pretty happy with Windows 7 as-is... Windows 7 is the first MS OS that I've liked in a long time... and it is working great (plus my startup time from cold to ready-for-work is already under 30 seconds).

Will give Windows 8 a go though... see if it is better.
 
Give it a go, but thus far it seems more for PC's with a touchscreen, laptops and tablets. I'll give it a go sooner or later but I see no need to change OS'es just yet.
 
Maplassie said:
From Cold Boot till password promt takes just over 13 seconds.
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dont you think its also quite essential that one includes how long it takes till windows is actually loaded and ready to use?

once you type in the password it often goes through the laborious task of loading all the programs-taskbar items.

I hardly have anything, but I know many people who have half there task bar filled with programs loaded into memory...

8 seconds is great and all, but with my SSD on fresh install I will be able to get that as well. Only if I set the BIOS to max boot speed (ie. no delay to view the screen)

still should be good to mess around with though :)
 
HTC_guy said:
dont you think its also quite essential that one includes how long it takes till windows is actually loaded and ready to use?

once you type in the password it often goes through the laborious task of loading all the programs-taskbar items.

I hardly have anything, but I know many people who have half there task bar filled with programs loaded into memory...

8 seconds is great and all, but with my SSD on fresh install I will be able to get that as well. Only if I set the BIOS to max boot speed (ie. no delay to view the screen)

still should be good to mess around with though :)
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virgin windows is always fast bootup, been so since win3.1. I would love to see how "fast" it is after I've installed my complete .net development and then compare it against my sharepoint devopment. nothing slows it down like having sharepoint, vs and sql on it.
 
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Pr⊕phet said:
virgin windows is always fast bootup, been so since win3.1. I would love to see how "fast" it is after I've installed my complete .net development and then compare it against my sharepoint devopment. nothing slows it down like having sharepoint, vs and sql on it.
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My thoughts exactly !
Its kind of hocus pokus BS and IT guys always see right through it.
If you care about bootup / load speed get a SSD and never look back.
 
CyberDemon said:
Can you VM the developer preview?
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You can VM it using VirtualBox or a trial of VMWare Workstation 8 either work fine.

My initial impressions is that yes, Metro UI is cool BUT it looks heavily designed towards mobile devices like Netbooks, Tablets, Phones etc. I'm not sure how much draw it will have to the desktop user, it doesn't feel "right" on a desktop. Unless microsoft partner up and try to push multi-touch monitors into the mainstream?

There are a few quirk's but it is still very much in it's infancy. I seriously dig the concept, and I applaud Microsoft for trying to unify their OS experiences into one common theme across all their platforms (Windows, Xbox, Windows Phone etc). It's a step in the right direction, perhaps Metro is not the be all and end all solution, but I have no doubt it will meet resistance with alot of PC users. Sometimes you just have to embrace change and deal with it, in the long run it's going to be beneficial, otherwise we would still be staring at Windows XP boot screens.. owait!
 
I have been playing with the developer preview... I think the new file system might help windows a lot.

The thing is that it is so similar to win7. The same apps even start up as win7 so all they have done is fixed boot priorities for services and programs to start.

This cab be done on win7 too using 3rd party apps.

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I'll defo skip Win 8. every windows after a successful windows is a fuck-up.

Win ME?
Win 95?
Win Vista?

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Somehow it would seem to me that they made a tablet version of windows and put it on pc. Low resource usage with minumal applications. Which would probably backfire when you actually install all the apps you want on the system. I think the best end result is.... Will my games start/load/run faster. Thats all i care about. :)......
 
The question is what will it cost to be able to boot in 8 seconds; and is it really worth it? I also agree with a previous poster. It seems that every Windows after a successfull Windows is a bugger up.
 
I just installed it on a virtual disk and I guess I'm old school, behind the times or whatever you want to call it... but I don't like it.
Maybe it would have helped if I've used a XBox or Windows Phone 7 before, but this is totally new for me.

Everything is freakin full screen, Alt+F4 doesn't close the application, menus, taskbar and everything is gone... For me it is like trying to find my way around Cape Town using my knowledge of Pretoria's roads.
I'd probably have to play around with it some more but I think my trend of always upgrading to the latest version of Windows (since I get it for free anyway) when it becomes available has come to an end.
 
In addition to above, startup times:
After the bios has finished everything and the bootup from the hard drive starts to the startup menu where I can choose to either boot to Windows 7 or 8
35 seconds
This is way too long, especially if I wanted to start up in Windows 7

Boot menu to Ready-to-work (after login):
10 seconds
Not bad at all, considering that it only took 2 seconds to the login screen and 8 seconds for logging in.
 
Erm.. Win7 is still underlying it. Go to explorer and you will see... The ui is mainly for the start menu

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