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11-02-2012, 10:33 AM | #1 |
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Here's something interesting.
All of you guys that are saying it's faster than Win 7 are running Intel-based platforms, mostly I7, with quite a bit of RAM. Are you running 64 or 32-bit? I only had a copy of 32-bit Windows 7 Enterprise to test with so I was running 32-bit Windows 8 consumer preview on an AMD Athlon dualcore platform with only 4GB of RAM. Windows 7 was definitely faster by a small margin. |
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11-02-2012, 11:28 AM | #3 |
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That's just f***in' stupid
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I LOVE the desktop search functionality. Much better than a start menu (or any menu, for that matter). It is so nice to be able to start typing and it lists your apps. The Desktop drives me nuts. I do not like having a Start screen and a Desktop. I don't get why it was done that way; especially since you cannot "skin" your OS to one or the other, exclusively. At least is is easy to switch: hit Windows key or click/swipe in left corner.
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Win8 also uses EUFI instead of BIOS on EUFI capable mobos. If you have a EUFI supported mobo, that alone will reduce boot time by quite a bit. EUFI: http://gcn.com/articles/2012/10/31/s...ello-uefi.aspx
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11-02-2012, 12:52 PM | #6 | |
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That's the opposite of my experience actually. Even after going into the user controls and removing the mandatory login, etc., the off-to-usable time on Windows 7 is about 10% less. |
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11-02-2012, 01:01 PM | #7 | |
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11-02-2012, 02:19 PM | #8 | |
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11-02-2012, 01:33 PM | #9 | |
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11-02-2012, 01:49 PM | #10 |
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Yeah, I hadn't done any real tweaking. Does that mean that by default, Windows 8 has more "crap" in startup?
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[quote=KC Fish;9077512]Win8 uses a different boot method than Win7. It's a sort of hybrid boot that incorporates a lot of hibernation behavior instead of the traditional cold boot. The kernel isn't completely closed at shutdown like in previous Windows versions, it's actually in a hibernation state.
Does disconnecting power(pull battery and power cord) get you to the point that someone could F8 at start up ? I am thinking of a machine that has issues like malware. |
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11-23-2012, 03:03 PM | #13 |
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You can still F8 at startup just like you've always been able to. That feature is still the same. The only difference there is that the amount of time you have to hit F8 before it continues to boot has been greatly reduced. It works the same way, it's just infinitely faster now.
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I've used it a little at work but will wait until I get new hardware at home before I try it. I never buy new computers for myself I always just piece together rigs from left over parts on jobs I have done. When I do break down and by some decent hardware I will use it at home. |
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