Microsoft Demos Windows 8 Boot Speed

[Stratos]

... according to the latest post on MSDN's Building Windows 8 blog, Microsoft's next-gen desktop OS will see a hugely improved boot time thanks to a clever technique. Rather than closing both the user session and the kernel session like in a traditional shutdown, Windows 8 will preserve the kernel session on the disk, thus creating a "hiberfile" that's much smaller than that of the usual Windows hibernation -- see the diagram after the break for a clearer idea. The result? An amazingly fast system bootup -- even with the battery removed to begin with -- that claims to be 30 to 70 percent faster than most systems tested by Microsoft. We're itching to test this feature on an SSD ourselves, but until then, you can head over to MSDN's blog for the full technical explanation.

Link to full article on MSDN blog: MSDN Blogs

Link to Engadget article: Windows 8 to feature drastically reduced boot time, shown off in video -- Engadget

 

[linnemeyerhere]

I'm sure there will be many great new features with W8 but that boot speed is crazy fast but I'm sure that rig has a ssd as well.... my guess.

 

[Layback Bear]

I can see in the future a new post in Windows 8.
My lappy boots slow, 4 sec. Should I turn of Windows services?

 

[fseal]

Will we have instant on BIOSes as the norm by then too? Or is that just a pipe dream

 

[xxxdannyxxx]

I can see in the future a new post in Windows 8.
My lappy boots slow, 4 sec. Should I turn of Windows services?

:roflmao::roflmao::roflmao::roflmao:

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Blazing fast boot and flash program start ups.......we truly live in an amazing day and age. The problem is we are never satisfied as we soon become normalized to the speeds and just demand/want for faster.

 

[Skulblaka]

Blazing fast boot and flash program start ups.......we truly live in an amazing day and age. The problem is we are never satisfied as we soon become normalized to the speeds and just demand/want for faster.

But that's the fun part, that means we will still innovate. Find new technologies to improve the old ones.

 

[Mercurial]

I wonder if there's anything faster than instant XD

 

[linnemeyerhere]

Well I know my first time was fast ! lol

 

[pparks1]

Will we have instant on BIOSes as the norm by then too? Or is that just a pipe dream

That would be the biggest gain that I could make. On my box, the time between the power button press and "Starting Windows" is longer than anything else.

 

[Gornot]

The laptop which was used for the test had an SSD in it. For all the money HP "steals" from buyers (much like Apple hilariously overprices their hardware), at least there's something good from them.

I can't really imagine regular HDDs booting this fast, but it's still a remarkable improvement. I can already see comparisons to those funny little Chromebook thingies.

 

[Lebon14]

Put a 5400rpm spinner, a today low-end CPU, 2GB of RAM and do that test again. That's probably what a low-end laptop will look like with Windows 8... Biased test is biased.

 

[fseal]

Heh yeah, after the BIOS boot my current Windows 7 is like 15 seconds to login screen, 5 seconds of me fumbling my password, then another 2-3 seconds to working desktop (on SSD). So like 35-40 seconds total. The only thing that's going to speed that up much is a zero boot time bios.

 

[seekermeister]

Will we have instant on BIOSes as the norm by then too? Or is that just a pipe dream

I noticed that there were no BIOS pages prior to the logo screen, so that probably means that it was on a Intel system with EFI.

 

[jp07764]

My new computer has EFI and a SSD.
It boots fast. Have not had a chance to time
it but I say 30 seconds.
I am sure Win8 will be fast too. Until the companys
add thier bloatware and slow it down.

Jimmy

 

[seekermeister]

What can be added, can also be subtracted.

 

[bgjerlow]

Saw that video earlier, and was pretty much amazed. I am really looking forward to using this in Windows 8.

 

[legacy7955]

I can see in the future a new post in Windows 8.
My lappy boots slow, 4 sec. Should I turn of Windows services?

M$ has become the computer worlds whipping post....

When you consider just how complex a Windows OS is it is amazing that it is nearly perfect unless there is malware involved or operator error.

Not to say that there might be the occasional small errors but really I don't think you can get much closer to perfection with this type of complicated coding. Am I right ? After all "humans" are writing the code and we DO make mistakes!

 

[Coke Robot]

I am shocked and awed! That is simply amazing! I do bet that was a SSD considering that I've seen Hybrid Boot on a hard drive, it was way faster than 7 but not even close, at all, to that!

 

[Coke Robot]

I really hope tomorrow's BUILD conference for Windows 8 will be posted on YouTube, then I will know what I'm watching tomorrow.