Win 8 vs Win7

[aem]

Ok let me rephrase, would you be able to select which OS to upgrade if you have a dual boot machine. And i mean two Windows OSs.

 

[mikedl]

Dunno, aem. We'll have to wait and see.

Still, as I mentioned, I'll give it a go.

 

[larana]

This video times W7 vs W8 boot time -- But the guy is hiding behind the camera lol

Windows 8 Boot Test - YouTube

 

[panais]

This video times W7 vs W8 boot time -- But the guy is hiding behind the camera lol

Windows 8 Boot Test - YouTube

Windows 8 started 2 times faster than windows 7 :shock:

 

[whs]

It does start fast, but from an SSD it does not make a big dent. Hard to be faster than 16 seconds. The improved boot time would certainly not be a reason for me to buy Win8.

 

[The Howling Wolves]

In comparison, I was a lot faster yesterday than I am today.
Must be by my not being bogged down with honey do's that must be done today.

 

[jimbo45]

Hi there
I've now installed a whole slew of stuff on a laptop running W8 x-64 such as the full office 2010 suite, the whole adobe CS5.5 suite including photoshop etc, VLC DVD player, MySQL / Appache /php net server, a music streaming application (Squeeze server) and vmware running 3 or 4 concurrent virtual machines (usually 1 XP, 1 W2003 server, 1 W2008 server) -- system performs flawlessly -- I've even adopted it as my main OS on a Sony VAIO laptop (core i5 processor and upped the memory to 8GB as it's cheap enough now --the Virtual machines eat RAM for Breakfast).

Assuming decent HDD's W8 just flies currently -- of course as we get nearer to the BETA and eventually RTM there are bound to be changes -- hopefully in the way we can handle and arrange the metro apps -- but so far I'm very impressed.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[abhijitrucks]

Windows 8 is MUCH faster than Windows 7. and Vista. and Xp.

 

[MadHorseman]

...and don't forget us who had Vista......I can't keep up with this ole laptop now!! (But I won't replace Win7 on my main M/C till purchase time).

 

[BillWindows]

I'm an old time Windows user, hence the name, I find it very good for an early beta, there are a few bugs but nothing too major, and I've got it running on a netbook, a dual core Atom home theatre system, and a 3ghz dual core desktop. I even like the Metro interface, and am looking forward to a slew of new apps, especially Angry Birds, lol.