Windows 8 Amazing Boot Times!!

Drew

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You know, a lot has been said & written regarding Windows 8 boot time being fast & faster than Windows 7. I can offer a fairly reasonable A-B comparison. I am running x64 7 & 8, duel-boot, on the same box. @ this point their content, things installed & running, about the same. But, the boot times are no where near the same!! The Win7 is several times higher than the Win8.

My last 2 bot times were 37964ms then, after disabling WLM & Skype from running @ start-up, 36380ms!!

Cheers,
Drew
 
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Re: Windows 8 Consumer Preview vs. Windows 7 Start-Up Comparison (VMWare Workstation)

It could be regarded as a "chicken and egg" situation, Mike. Sinofski's original blog on this, cantered around the lesser requirement for ram, which, even in its latent state, is using appreciable amounts of power. As he said (once again directing us towards the use of Tablets/laptops .. etc ) this would mean less requirement for massive amounts of ram in such equipment, and , axiomatically, less battery consumption.
However, on stationaries today, it is obvious from info on forums, that most users are over endowed with ram on their stationaries so, on those beasts, it is not a factor. I have not tried it to its limits on a laptop, but have...
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Re: Windows 8 Consumer Preview vs. Windows 7 Start-Up Comparison (VMWare Workstation)

you are correct. I am running it primary. I read that win8 dp will be supported until jan 2013 and that computer is not my only pc. If i dont have win 8 full release by then i'll put one of my other os's on that pc....but i bet i can get win8 by then. oh, and it rocks as a primary
 
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Re: Windows 8 Consumer Preview vs. Windows 7 Start-Up Comparison (VMWare Workstation)

Ah, ok. As long as you are aware of the expiry & have that other OS on another machine, then, no worries. Pretty much the same as me dual-booting but, being pretty much full time on the Win8.

Concern was that it was the only OS on the only machine.

&, yeah, sure does rock along handsomely.

Cheers,
Drew
 
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Re: Windows 8 Consumer Preview vs. Windows 7 Start-Up Comparison (VMWare Workstation)


If you open the run dialog and type winver it will tell you exactly when the copy expires - just to be sure.
 
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Re: Windows 8 Consumer Preview vs. Windows 7 Start-Up Comparison (VMWare Workstation)

That's true. But, in what you quoted, the reference is to DP. Now, could/should be on the RP. Just saying...

Drew
 
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Re: Windows 8 Consumer Preview vs. Windows 7 Start-Up Comparison (VMWare Workstation)

How has everyone found their boot times in the Release Preview?

After first installing, it was painfully (like Windows 7 speed [so not really that bad]) slow, but after I've got everything reinstalled and my drive defragged using PD12 and the system has the process optimized, the times are arguably a little faster than in the DP, I can go from POST to sign-in in about 15 seconds, sometimes less.
 
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Re: Windows 8 Consumer Preview vs. Windows 7 Start-Up Comparison (VMWare Workstation)

For me, it takes 28 seconds from power button to Windows 8 Boot Menu, 7 seconds from boot menu choice to Windows 8 Start Screen. WOW, I actually got a 7 second boot. Link Removed
That would most likely increase to 10-15 seconds if I wasn't in a multi-boot situation.
I will be checking Vista and 7 tomorrow as the system reboots after making my choice to either of those 2.

Don
 
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I've noticed a faster boot on my Thinkpad r61 laptop. Its not lightning fast but I would say around 7-15 seconds, this laptop is not as modern as todays and runs a rotation HDD so I'm sure newer hardware would be even faster as I've seen videos and peoples boot times with win8 and some only take about 5-7 seconds. Rock out with fast boot times and great sound and video improvements while all the time being in control of all your social and multi-media needs
 
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Windows 8 boot is fast, no doubt. But so is Windows 7 if properly set up. Here is my Windows 7 boot time in a pretty ancient system (Q6600, 4GB of RAM, Vertex2).

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With reference to Adamsapple's post, As I said (post #6), The Windows 8 boot manager does not work, at the moment, exactly like the old 7 manager. It actually operates as an integral part of Windows 8, and pops up just before, or close to, the logon. Of course, then it is very fast from that point to a Windows 8 desktop. Unfortunately, at that stage, if you wish to log in to your alternative OS, it reboots the computer - this is, naturally, a heavy time penalty.
But I am in agreement with whs. If you follow all the hints for booting Windows 7 a little faster, there is not such a big difference.
As has been said before, for the average Stationary user, are start up and close down times of such importance?
 
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