No different - hibernate doesn't require AC power. You can disable fast boot, or you can use restart. Both of which would check how fast a traditional boot would take. I guess this is why installing updates has switched to "install updates and restart" whereas before it used to be "install updates and shutdown"
Cheers Ken From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of William Robbins Sent: Friday, 28 June 2013 11:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question Interesting. Well my box is still pretty quick to boot from a power = 0 state. (Unplugged for UPS replacement today. :) ) - WJR On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 7:26 PM, Ken Schaefer <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Isn't booting quick because it uses partial hibernate now? (unless you disable hybrid shutdown). So you're not really booting your machine in the traditional sense: http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/6320-fast-startup-turn-off-windows-8-a.html Cheers Ken From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of William Robbins Sent: Thursday, 27 June 2013 11:58 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question It does boot quickly, especially on SSD. And there is a certain amount of truth about using Win8 before you can "like" it. I use it and WS2012 in my lab for my cert testing, but day to day I still use W7 as that's what we support at $work. The effect of having one foot in each OS daily is that I never quite get over some of the annoyances of W8, most specifically anytime I need to restart. It is without a doubt designed for a touchscreen. Which none of my desktops have. That's my two cents worth. - WJR On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 8:08 AM, Rod Trent <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: That means you haven't used it enough. :) I use it across all my computers. My primary computer is a beefy Dell mini-tower with 4 monitors, capable of running a bunch of VMs. I never, ever see the new Windows Metro interface unless I choose to. Works great as a desktop OS. The boot times is what sold it for me on my primary setup. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 8:12 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question I'm not so sold on it desktop-wise, but that's just my humble opinion Sent from my Blackberry, which may be an antique but delivers email RELIABLY ________________________________ From: "Rod Trent" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sender: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 08:03:49 -0400 To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> ReplyTo: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: RE: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question Windows 8 is great for both desktop and touch. From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Richard Stovall Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 4:33 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question Until he actually starts using Windows 8, that is... ;) On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:47 PM, Jon Harris <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Thank you! I think my client will be very happy then. ________________________________ From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [NTSysADM] General Windows 8 question Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 02:40:35 +0000 Yes, Windows 8.1 is a free upgrade and will be available around October. For those already running Windows 8 when it releases, it will be available from the Windows app store. Sent from Microsoft Surface Pro From: Jon Harris Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 9:50 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> I have a client that is upgrading (replacing the drive so it will not be a real upgrade) his machine from Windows 7 Ultimate to Windows 8 Pro. I got a great deal on a full copy of Windows 8 Pro for him. The drive is about to be ordered. The question is from what I have been told at the Orlando Microsoft Store front those people running Windows 8 (RT, Pro, Phone) will be getting the new Windows 8.1 when it is released. I would like to confirm this and find out if this will come by way of a download using Windows Update or what? Anyone have any ideas? Thanks a lot!
