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Although they haven’t set it as an official objective, it seems Microsoft have set an unofficial target of achieving a sub 15 seconds boot time with Windows 7. On the Windows 7 Engineering blog Michael Fortin stats that:
In the lab, a very good system is one that boots in under 15 seconds.
The fastest I’ve ever managed to get a Windows system to boot is just over a minute, so I’d be amazed if Microsoft do achieve a sub 15 second boot time for Windows 7. I don’t think they will be able to do this alone and will probably need hardware and software manufacturers to play ball.
System Manufacturer/Model Number Acer Aspire 5920 G OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 CPU Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 2.00GHz Memory 4GB Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS Sound Card Realtek HD Audio Screen Resolution : 1280 x 800 x 4294967296 colors
PSU Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7300 @ 2.00GHz Hard Drives 320GB Internet Speed 4MB
System Manufacturer/Model Number * BFK Customs * OS W 7 64-bit Ultimate Vista 64-bit Ultimate XP SP3 32-bit Pro Ubuntu 32-bit 9.10 CPU Intel Q9550 Yorkfield Motherboard ASUS P5Q Pro Memory 8GB Dominator 8500C5D Graphics Card 1x XFX ATI 1GB 4870 : 1x MSI ATI HD 4350 Sound Card Realtek HD Audio 7-1 Monitor(s) Displays 1x 47" LCD HDMI & 2x 26" LCD HDMI Screen Resolution 1920x1080P & 1920x1200
Keyboard Microsoft 500 Mouse Razer Diamondback 3G PSU Corsair 620HX Case Cooler Master RC-690 Cooling Tuniq Tower 120, 2x 140mm and 3x 120mm case fans Hard Drives 1x 80GB Intel X25-M G2 SSD : 2x 500GB WD Caviar Black Internet Speed 18.6Mb/s Other Info 1x Koutech 3Gb/s SATA HDD Hot Swap Rack
Less than 15 seconds, cold boot? Maybe if they use some kind of re-writable ram chip for the under the hood business at boot time. I'm sure PC's in the future will be faster than 15 seconds.
System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell XPS 420 OS Windows 7 RC CPU Intel Q6600 Quad Core Motherboard Dell Proprietary Memory 4 GB DDR 800 Graphics Card Nvidia 8800GT Sound Card Integrated - Sigmatel HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays Dual Dell 22" Wide Screen Screen Resolution 3360x1050
Keyboard Dell USB Mouse Wireless MS mouse PSU Big Enough Case Dell XPS 420 Cooling Air Hard Drives 320 GB internal
2.5 TB external Internet Speed DSL 3MB Down Other Info WEI 5.9 (Windows 7 RC), Not too bad for an off the shelf PC :)
System Manufacturer/Model Number Dell XPS 420 OS Windows 7 RC CPU Intel Q6600 Quad Core Motherboard Dell Proprietary Memory 4 GB DDR 800 Graphics Card Nvidia 8800GT Sound Card Integrated - Sigmatel HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays Dual Dell 22" Wide Screen Screen Resolution 3360x1050
Keyboard Dell USB Mouse Wireless MS mouse PSU Big Enough Case Dell XPS 420 Cooling Air Hard Drives 320 GB internal
2.5 TB external Internet Speed DSL 3MB Down Other Info WEI 5.9 (Windows 7 RC), Not too bad for an off the shelf PC :)
System Manufacturer/Model Number * BFK Customs * OS W 7 64-bit Ultimate Vista 64-bit Ultimate XP SP3 32-bit Pro Ubuntu 32-bit 9.10 CPU Intel Q9550 Yorkfield Motherboard ASUS P5Q Pro Memory 8GB Dominator 8500C5D Graphics Card 1x XFX ATI 1GB 4870 : 1x MSI ATI HD 4350 Sound Card Realtek HD Audio 7-1 Monitor(s) Displays 1x 47" LCD HDMI & 2x 26" LCD HDMI Screen Resolution 1920x1080P & 1920x1200
Keyboard Microsoft 500 Mouse Razer Diamondback 3G PSU Corsair 620HX Case Cooler Master RC-690 Cooling Tuniq Tower 120, 2x 140mm and 3x 120mm case fans Hard Drives 1x 80GB Intel X25-M G2 SSD : 2x 500GB WD Caviar Black Internet Speed 18.6Mb/s Other Info 1x Koutech 3Gb/s SATA HDD Hot Swap Rack
System Manufacturer/Model Number myself OS SEVEN x64 CPU Q9450 @ 3.6GHZ 1.34v Motherboard ASUS P5K PREMIUM P35 Memory 8GB 1066 buffalo firestix @ 1152mhz CL5 Graphics Card Sapphire HD 5970 + GTX260 (physX) Sound Card Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer Monitor(s) Displays SAMSUNG 20'' & SAMSUNG 23'' (dual screens) Screen Resolution 2048x1152 & 1680x1050
Keyboard LOGITECH E110 Mouse logitech NX5 PSU XCILIO 850w (78A) Case CM590 1x 120x38mm & 2x92x38mm / 4x 120x25mm Cooling AC7 PRO @ 92x38mm blower, Lamptron military bus bay controll Hard Drives 1x seagate 160gb IDE & 1x seagate 160gb SATA Internet Speed 2MB Other Info its a continual ''work in progress''....
System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom build OS Vista HomePremium x86, Windows 7 Home Premium x86 (both FR) CPU Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz Motherboard Gigabyte P35-DS3R Memory Kingston 667MHz 4x512MB Dual Channel Graphics Card nVidia GeForce 8500 GT 512MB Sound Card On-board Monitor(s) Displays Viewsonic Optiquest Q241wb Screen Resolution 1920x1200
Keyboard Logitech Media Keyboard Elite Mouse Logitech LX7 PSU Antec 500W Case Antec Cooling Boxed fans Hard Drives 1x200GB Maxtor 7200RPM (System, internal)
1x250GB LaCie 7200RPM (External)
1x320GB Western Digital 1.5" (External)
1x500GB Western Digital 7200RPM (Internal) Internet Speed 10Mbits dl - 950Kbits up Other Info Sound system : Eagle Arion ET-AR504LR-BK 35 Watts RMS 2.1
Printer : Samsung ML-2010 Mono
Extra USB Hub (4 additionnal ports)