Well I'm planning to switch to Windows 8 on my ultrabook Toshiba Portege, current boot time on Windows 7, with Ctr+Alt+Del and finger reader about 30 sec. So I guess Windows 8 would be in the 10 - 15 sec. range, we'll see
Stefan On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Sam Cayze <[email protected]> wrote: > Love it. Yeah I’m about 13 seconds on my new Dell Attitude with Windows 8. > **** > > But from what I recall reading some that MS cheated somehow on the > shutdown/startup process to make it more like a sleep/wake process. Or > something like that.**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > *From:* Steve Ens [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 24, 2012 3:50 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: [OT ish] Just wanted to share a good experiance.**** > > ** ** > > That sounds like you're still on Windows 7. Wait until you see the boot > times on Windows 8 with an SSD. My HP Eiltebook boots in 11 seconds. I > think I have the same drive.**** > > On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Stefan Jafs <[email protected]> > wrote:**** > > Ok, I just want to share an good experience I just had. I have an HP Elite > 8100 mini tower, it was getting a bit slow, so let’s put in a SSD drive. I > got the Intel 520 Series 240 Gb SATA3 for CD$279 at Canada Computers. Now I > was dreading the new install of the OS and all applications . . . but wait, > Intel has a migration tool http://www.intel.com/go/ssdinstallation **** > > That sounds interesting so less than an hour later I had a cloned OS drive > on the new SSD drive, re-booted had to re-arrange some drive letters, shut > down and swapped the SATA cables to boot from the SSD drive, That was it, > absolutely no re-install of anything, very, very slick. I now boot up (from > cold) including opening IE at start-up in 1 min 10 sec, previously ~ 3 > min. Everything is much snappier. A good $280 spent and hardly any work . . > . .**** > > > > -- > Stefan Jafs**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ** ** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > -- Stefan Jafs ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
