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Windows 7: Microsoft shrinks Windows 8 install time
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12 Sep 2012
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64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise Texas |
Microsoft shrinks Windows 8 install time
Quote: Microsoft has made Windows 8 adoption easier by cutting down the install time of the new operating system, according to Microsoft Windows deployment marketing manager Michael Niehaus.
He was speaking at the Tech.Ed 2012 Deploying Windows 8 session in the Gold Coast, Queensland.
Windows 8 will be launched in October and touts a new visual look from previous Windows releases. The OS is made to operate seamlessly across desktop and tablet devices and is intended to work on the same type of hardware compatible with Windows 7. This means users will not have to invest in new equipment, according to Niehaus.
Microsoft has made the deployment of Windows 8 much faster than its predecessors. The install time of Windows 7 on a virtual machine running on a standard workstation is 15 minutes. Windows 8 cuts that down to 10 minutes. That's for a brand new OS install and not for an upgrade.
For comparison sake, Windows 7 expands to 8GB when applied to disk and Windows 8 is about 7.76GB.
For those that are looking to upgrade, going from Windows 7 to Windows 8 on a machine with no data or apps would take 20 minutes. Going from Windows Vista to Windows 7 would be about 30 minutes.
But when it comes to upgrading a machine loaded with data and apps, that's when the difference becomes significant.
Read more at source: Microsoft shrinks Windows 8 install time | ZDNet | My System Specs |
| Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom
OS 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
CPU Intel i7-3930K 3.2 Ghz (O/C 4 Ghz)
Motherboard ASRock X79 Extreme11
Memory 32 GB (8GBx4) G.SKILL DDR3 Quad PC3-19200 2400MHz
Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB
Sound Card SB Recon 3Di Integrated Chip
Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition
Cooling Corsair Hydro H100
Hard Drives 256GB OCZ Vector
160GB OCZ RevoDrive X2
2 x 1TB Samsung HDD HD154UI SATA
Internet Speed 50 Mb/s Download and 2 Mb/s Upload
Other Info Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
Lite-On iHBS212 12x BD Writer
Samsung CLX-3175FW Printer
Netgear WNDR3800 Router
Motorola SBG6580 Cable Modem
2x APC Back-UPS XS 1500
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12 Sep 2012
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#2 | |
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit Build 7600 / Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 Mexico |
He he... that's not a lot of advantange over Windows 7... 700+ MB is nothing in todays computing... Would be surprising if the could cut that to 1 GB over Windows 7 normal install.
Also they must take in mind that x86 is lightweight compared to x64 due to extra libraries need for x86 computing in x64, so 7+ GB aplies for x86, but x64 needs 10+ GB or even 14+ GB.
This sounds to me like a desesperate way of convincing people like us to switch to W8... | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Assembled Desktop PC
OS Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit Build 7600 / Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3
CPU AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ Dual Core CPU @ 2.7 Ghz (Brisbane)
Motherboard PCChips A13G+ v3.0
Memory 2x2 GB DDR2 PC-5300 (667 Mhz) Kingston ValueRAM
Graphics Card XFX ATI Radeon HD 4350 GPU (512 MB + 512 MB HM)
Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio Driver ALC660 @ MCP61S
Monitor(s) Displays HP S2031 20" LED HD Widescreen Display Monitor
Screen Resolution 1600 x 900 px
Keyboard Microsoft Wired Keyboard Silent Key Feature
Mouse Microsoft USB Lasser Pointing Device
PSU Pixxo Transformer 850W 80+ Certification PSU
Case Compaq 5BW353 Case
Cooling Many solutions, see other info...
Hard Drives Maxtor Diamond Max 10 (160 GB, 7200 RPM, SATA-II Hard Disk)
Western Digital Scorpion Blue (250 GB, 5400 RPM, SATA-II External Hard Disk)
Internet Speed 2 MB
Other Info Windows Experience Index Result: 3.8 of 7.9.
Cooling solutions:
- AVC @ 2000/5000 RPM Copper Heatpipes (For Athlon 64 X2 6000+ CPU used in an Athlon 64 X2 5200+)
- Rear Fan 80 mm @ 2700 RPM for heat extraction
- Manhatan Chipset Cooler @ 4700/7200 RPM (For nVidia Chipset in MoBo)
- Foxconn @ 2500 RPM (Old Pentium III heatsink fan) in XFX ATI Radeon HD 4350
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12 Sep 2012
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Quote: Originally Posted by FerchogtX  This sounds to me like a desesperate way of convincing people like us to switch to W8...
Not going to happen with me. Will be staying with Windows 7. Very happy with this OS.
Last edited by Brink; 12 Sep 2012 at 09:25 PM..
Reason: fixed quote
| | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number ASUS
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x86
CPU 3.0 GHz
Motherboard ASUS P5GD1
Memory 2 GB
Graphics Card ATI Radeon x700
Monitor(s) Displays Viewsonic 19"
Screen Resolution 1280 * 1024
Keyboard Microsoft Natural
Case Tsunami Dream
Hard Drives 2 WD 200GB
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13 Sep 2012
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#4 | |
windows 7 home prem 64 bit wombwell |
Windows 8 will not work on my pc as its not got a touch screen | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number acer aspire x3950
OS windows 7 home prem 64 bit
CPU i3 530
Memory 4 gig ddr 3
Graphics Card onboard i only play game using onlive cloud gaming
Sound Card onboard
Monitor(s) Displays i-inc 19 wide screen
Keyboard logitech
Mouse motor mouse
PSU 250
Case small form
Cooling fan
Hard Drives 640 gig
Internet Speed 50 meg
Other Info Firefox nightly 64bit
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13 Sep 2012
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#5 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Solo. |
In my own personal experience installing from USB drive takes shorter time than from DVD, can't say which part of process contributes to it.
So I think it will take even shorter time required than the above specified time to have it installed from USB, won't it?  | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built system
OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU CORE i5
Motherboard Intel DH55PJ
Memory 4GB
Graphics Card ATI HD 4650
Sound Card Realtek HD Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays LG Flatron L1742S; LG Flatron 19"; Toshiba 32"
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024; 1366 x 768
Keyboard Logitech Wireless
Mouse Logitech Wireless
PSU Power
Case Simbadda
Cooling Conventional
Hard Drives Seagate Barracuda 500 GB
WDC 1 TB
Internet Speed 256Kbps
Other Info External HDD Transcend 500GB
Dial Up Modem Huawei
Home-made Home Theater
Laptop ASUS K42F, Core i3, 4GB memory, 320GB HDD.
LAptop Fujitsu LH531, Core i3, 4GB Memory, 500 GB HDD, Nvidia VGA
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13 Sep 2012
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#6 | |
64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise Texas |
Quote: Originally Posted by andyparks Windows 8 will not work on my pc as its not got a touch screen Hello Andy,
Not sure what this has to do with this article, but Windows 8 will install and run perfectly fine on a PC without a touch screen. A touch screen is not required. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Self built custom
OS 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 & Windows 8 Enterprise
CPU Intel i7-3930K 3.2 Ghz (O/C 4 Ghz)
Motherboard ASRock X79 Extreme11
Memory 32 GB (8GBx4) G.SKILL DDR3 Quad PC3-19200 2400MHz
Graphics Card Sapphire HD5870 Eyefinity 6 2GB
Sound Card SB Recon 3Di Integrated Chip
Monitor(s) Displays 3x 27" Asus VE278Q
Screen Resolution 1920x1080
Keyboard Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
Mouse Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution
PSU OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
Case Thermaltake Level 10 GT Snow Edition
Cooling Corsair Hydro H100
Hard Drives 256GB OCZ Vector
160GB OCZ RevoDrive X2
2 x 1TB Samsung HDD HD154UI SATA
Internet Speed 50 Mb/s Download and 2 Mb/s Upload
Other Info Microsoft LifeCam Cinema
Lite-On iHBS212 12x BD Writer
Samsung CLX-3175FW Printer
Netgear WNDR3800 Router
Motorola SBG6580 Cable Modem
2x APC Back-UPS XS 1500
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13 Sep 2012
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#7 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1 Northern Ohio |
I do wonder if Microsoft has improved on the speed to remove Windows 8. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Home made Desktop
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit. SP-1
CPU Intel i7-960-3.2 @ 4.25
Motherboard ASUS P6X58D-E
Memory KINGSTON KHX2000C9, Hyper X,12 GIGS
Graphics Card MSI/Nvidia/460GTX-Cyclone 1GD5/OC
Monitor(s) Displays DYNEX 40 IN.
Screen Resolution 1920-1080 or 1280-720 HDMI
Keyboard M/S 3000 v 2.0 wireless
Mouse M/S 5000 wireless
PSU Corsair AX-850 Plus Gold
Case Corsair 600T (Black) + side panel with 2 140 mm Noctua fans
Cooling Corsair H50/2 Noctua NF-P12 (120 mm) Push/Pull-
Hard Drives INTEL SSD 120GB-SER 510
Seagate 1TB SATA 600 7200 rpm Hard Drive
Internet Speed 3.0 mb
Antivirus Microsoft Security Eesentials
Browser I.E. 10 default/Firefox
Other Info LG BluRay-Read/Write
Sound system
KLipsch-THX
Asus Router RTN-12
2 Noctua 140 added on top of 600t case
Malwarebytes Anti Malware Professional
Windows 7 Firewall
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13 Sep 2012
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#8 | |
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit Illinois |
When I installed Windows 8 Enterprise, the install was faster. Kudos to Microsoft for the improvement. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Self-built
OS Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
CPU Intel Core i7-3770
Motherboard MSI Z77A-G45
Memory G.SKILL 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3 F3-10666CL9D-8GBNT
Graphics Card Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 6670
Sound Card On-Board Realtek
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung SyncMaster P2370HD, Dell 1703FPT
Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080, 1280 x 1024
Keyboard Logitech K270
Mouse Logitech M705
PSU SeaSonic M12II SS-500GM
Case Lian Li PC-9F
Cooling Zalman CNPS9900ALED
Hard Drives Samsung HD103SJ
Internet Speed 16 Mbps
Other Info Bose Companion 2 Multimedia Speakers
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14 Sep 2012
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#9 | |
Windows 7 x64 Netherlands |
Quote: Originally Posted by Layback Bear I do wonder if Microsoft has improved on the speed to remove Windows 8. What do you mean? Removing/reformatting a partition is a matter of seconds.
*edit*
I heard a lot of bad experiences. A lot of people told me Windows 8 allows less customizations and security features were said to lock everything away. Sounded like a typical windows 'lets protect the user from himself' deal. Who installed the beta? Is it really that bad, or did these people just grow too familiar with linux? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Asus X70VR
OS Windows 7 x64
CPU Intel dualcore P8400 @ 2.26 GHz
Motherboard 64-0100-000001-00101111-072208-Cantiga$M70VX2
Memory 4G DDR2 SDRAM
Graphics Card ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series
Sound Card Realtek ALC663 @ Intel 82801IB ICH9
Monitor(s) Displays LG Philips LP171WP4-TLN1 (or television using HDMI Cable)
Screen Resolution 1440x900
Hard Drives Hard Disk Name: Momentus 5400.5 320320
Interface: SATA-II
Formatted Capacity: 320 GB
Max. Internal Data Rate: 490.4 Mbit/s
Buffer Size: 8 MB
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14 Sep 2012
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#10 | |
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We have an MSDN account at work, I just installed it on one of my laptops. It's not that different. Picture windows 7 but no typical start menu, it's a full screen menu. Oh and the shutdown is very well hidden.
Windows 7 can be installed from USB to SSD in 13 minutes, that's fast enough to the point where I don't really need it faster. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Me.
OS Windows 7 Pro x64
CPU i5-760 running at 4.1 stable @ 40C
Motherboard Asus Maxiumus Gene III
Memory Corsair 4G Vengeance 2133Mhz
Graphics Card ATI 5770
Sound Card Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays Asus 24" and Sony 19' 4:3
Keyboard Logitech G19
Mouse Rat 7
PSU Corsair AX850
Case Antec 900 (original)
Cooling Corsair H70
Hard Drives OCZ Agility 3 60GB 2xWD 750 Blacks in Raid 0
Internet Speed Cable ~20Mbps
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