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Speed Tests: Windows 8 Vs. Windows 7 |
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Written by Wayne
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Saturday, 07 July 2012 02:49 |
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With the last pre-release version of Windows 8 in hand, we decided it was time to compare Microsoft's next OS with its last. We've heard it before: The next version of Windows is going to start up way faster and run faster than the last. With Windows 7, we were told that we could expect 15 second boot times, but that sure hasn't been my experience. With Windows 8, it looks like the claims are for real: In using the Windows 8 Developer, Consumer, and Release Previews, I've noticed a huge improvement in startup times. No longer do you have to wait for nearly a minute just to log into a typical PC. And the company has stated that it's working on reducing another big source of waiting time: Updates. If you don't use a PC for a week or so, chances are that you'll have to wait a few minutes for it to download and install updates, and you'll probably have to go through a second reboot. This is less of a problem for PCs that are left on all the time (to the detriment of energy conservation), which is the case for
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