Windows 8 boots 55.26% faster than Windows 7, and that’s important for tablet devices

The Next Web writes, At its BUILD event last September, Microsoft presented an operating system that it claimed would boot faster than its predecessors, and consume less memory. Back then, only Windows 8′s developer preview was made available. A consumer preview followed. Currently, Windows 8′s public build is its ‘release preview.’ That version of Windows 8, still an unfinished piece of work, appears to be living up to the promise of its creators. According to an extensive study in PC Magazine, Windows 8 is outperforming Windows 7 in a number of key areas, even before it reaches...

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