Windows 8 slow boot vs Windows 7

yogald

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I was debating over whether to install Windows 7 or Windows 8 but there's one question I have, I'm going to disable "fast boot" in Windows 8 because having 16GB of RAM would mean the hiberfil.sys would be huge, and having Windows installed on an SSD this would be using too much space. So basically I'll have to get rid of hiberfil.sys which would disable hibernation/fastboot.
My question is, is Windows 8 with slow boot still faster to boot than Windows 7? I don't have it installed so I can't test.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1
I was debating over whether to install Windows 7 or Windows 8 but there's one question I have, I'm going to disable "fast boot" in Windows 8 because having 16GB of RAM would mean the hiberfil.sys would be huge, and having Windows installed on an SSD this would be using too much space. So basically I'll have to get rid of hiberfil.sys which would disable hibernation/fastboot.

For the same reason, I always turn off the fast boot and to be honest I don't really see any difference

My question is, is Windows 8 with slow boot still faster to boot than Windows 7?
IMHO, There is a big difference between 7 & 8 and of course some people minght not agree with me. Windows 8 boot much faster and run much faster.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1x64PWMC Ubuntu14.04x64 MintMate17x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Brewed
    CPU
    I7 4970K OC'ed @4.7 GHz
    Motherboard
    MSI-Z97
    Memory
    16 GB G-Skill Trident X @2400MHZ
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
    Sound Card
    X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual HP-W2408
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    256 GB M2 sm951, (2) 500GB 850EVO, 5TB, 2 TB Seagate
    PSU
    Antec 850W
    Case
    Antec 1200
    Cooling
    Danger Den H20
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech Performance Mouse MX
    Internet Speed
    35/12mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
I was debating over whether to install Windows 7 or Windows 8 but there's one question I have, I'm going to disable "fast boot" in Windows 8 because having 16GB of RAM would mean the hiberfil.sys would be huge, and having Windows installed on an SSD this would be using too much space. So basically I'll have to get rid of hiberfil.sys which would disable hibernation/fastboot.

For the same reason, I always turn off the fast boot and to be honest I don't really see any difference

My question is, is Windows 8 with slow boot still faster to boot than Windows 7?
IMHO, There is a big difference between 7 & 8 and of course some people minght not agree with me. Windows 8 boot much faster and run much faster.
So Windows 8 slow boot is just as fast as fast boot?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1x64PWMC Ubuntu14.04x64 MintMate17x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Brewed
    CPU
    I7 4970K OC'ed @4.7 GHz
    Motherboard
    MSI-Z97
    Memory
    16 GB G-Skill Trident X @2400MHZ
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
    Sound Card
    X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual HP-W2408
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    256 GB M2 sm951, (2) 500GB 850EVO, 5TB, 2 TB Seagate
    PSU
    Antec 850W
    Case
    Antec 1200
    Cooling
    Danger Den H20
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech Performance Mouse MX
    Internet Speed
    35/12mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
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