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I have to wonder where I have setup wrongly. I am not concerning speeds here, only comparison time . This is a quite average machine, as you can see. I have Windows 7 ultimate. and windows 8 consumer (installed last) on the same computer and HD, in a dual boot environment. To the best of my ability, both are customised to the same extent.
Prefetch has been allowed to "settle in". I had to make Windows 7 as the default boot, to avoid the reboot function
on Windows 8, into Windows 7. This would have added about 11 seconds the windows 7 boot time, otherwise.
The problem is that I cannot deny the flood of reports that Windows 8 is faster. Many of these reports claim
outstanding figures. Where are they coming from? In Windows 8, everything was started from the Metro interface.
Windows 7 Windows 8
Start-up (Bios
to useable desktop/Metro
inc Internet connection). 43 secs 41.5 secs
--
Open IE to Google 1.2 secs 1.1 secs
Open IE to webpage 4.4 secs 4.2 secs
Open LIve Mail (No Mail to
collect, inc Live login) 5.2 secs 5.4 secs
Paint 1.0 secs 1.2 secs
Control Panel .2 secs .4 secs
I am not claiming these as authorative benchmarking .- just my own tests, out of curiosity.
Prefetch has been allowed to "settle in". I had to make Windows 7 as the default boot, to avoid the reboot function
on Windows 8, into Windows 7. This would have added about 11 seconds the windows 7 boot time, otherwise.
The problem is that I cannot deny the flood of reports that Windows 8 is faster. Many of these reports claim
outstanding figures. Where are they coming from? In Windows 8, everything was started from the Metro interface.
Windows 7 Windows 8
Start-up (Bios
to useable desktop/Metro
inc Internet connection). 43 secs 41.5 secs
--
Open IE to Google 1.2 secs 1.1 secs
Open IE to webpage 4.4 secs 4.2 secs
Open LIve Mail (No Mail to
collect, inc Live login) 5.2 secs 5.4 secs
Paint 1.0 secs 1.2 secs
Control Panel .2 secs .4 secs
I am not claiming these as authorative benchmarking .- just my own tests, out of curiosity.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Other Info
- Use several different computers during a day, so specs are irrelevant.