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Sep 10, 2011

Windows 8 Boots Up Faster Than a Bull Ride

What's Microsoft got to compete with the MacBook Air's near-instant on? According to a recent demonstration from its Building Windows 8 blog, the ability to take a machine from fully powered off to booted up in just under eight seconds.

The key change behind the improvement? In Windows 7, all user sessions are closed, as are services and devices in the kernel session. Windows 8, though, doesn't close the kernel session. It puts it in hibernation mode. By writing the kernel session to a disk—instead of having to restore it completely with every start up—Microsoft has seen improved boot times of 30-70%.

If you want a complete shutdown, you'll still have the option to revert back to Windows 7-style. But why drive a Volvo when you can roll in a... uh... 30% faster Volvo? More.
 
 

7 comments:

  1. Enigmatic VaporSeptember 10, 2011 at 1:06 PM

    Interesting post! +followed

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  2. MilkySeptember 10, 2011 at 1:48 PM

    Hadn't heard of anything Windows 8 related before this post, thanks for the post!

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  3. Sub Radar (Mike)September 10, 2011 at 1:54 PM

    8 seconds? Cmon windows you can do better than that!

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  4. DylanthulhuSeptember 10, 2011 at 7:40 PM

    I'm a Microsoft fanboy and this interests me greatly! I can't wait for Windows 8.

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 10, 2011 at 8:11 PM

    Would be great to play and work much quicker simply because less time spent staring at the Windows Logo.

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  6. fatbloodyfingerSeptember 11, 2011 at 3:37 AM

    That sounds awesome.

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  7. Content HedgehogSeptember 12, 2011 at 2:49 PM

    Awesome. I'm really looking forward to it.

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