Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 1st Sep 2008 08:55 UTC, submitted by Dan Warne
Windows A common topic of discussion in the Windows world - in fact, in any operating system - is boot performance. Many systems take a long time to reach a usable desktop from the moment the power switch is pressed, and this can be quite annoying if it takes too long. In a post on the Engineering 7 blog, Michael Fortin, lead engineer of Microsoft's Fundamentals/Core Operating System Group, explains what Microsoft is doing to make Windows 7 boot faster.
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RE[4]: faster boot - why?
by turrini on Tue 2nd Sep 2008 13:57 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: faster boot - why?"
turrini
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2006-10-31

Safer?

Only if safe means "security", because Vista crashes a lot everywhere and it is sluggish.

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RE[5]: faster boot - why?
by Tom K on Tue 2nd Sep 2008 21:54 in reply to "RE[4]: faster boot - why?"
Tom K Member since:
2005-07-06

How is sluggishness or crashing dangerous, then?

"Oh no, my OS crashed, now those hax0rz have my credit cards!" ?

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