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#21

10-24-2012, 01:56 PM

nitehawkjcb

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Originally Posted by trewyn15

From a complete shut-down? I find that hard to believe.. Although it is quite faster than Win7.

I guess the Beta may be quicker because it's not a full OS, but when I had the full release from Microsoft it booted in right around 17-20 seconds off my SSD.

Yes, from a complete shut down. Notice I said the OS boots in 8 seconds, I didn't include the BIOS initializing. But from the second the mobo hands off booting to the HDD & OS, it takes 8 seconds. I didn't believe it myself, but I've seen it in person so seeing is believing in my case...

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10-24-2012, 02:03 PM

red04montels

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Originally Posted by zzapultimate

I found a hack that lets you trick the screen into thinking it has a larger resolution than it actually does. It works, and allows you to run apps, but the screen looks a little squished because of the incorrect resolution which can get annoying.

Hmm, I think I could get it to work just fine with the Win7 drivers for the elitebook, I may have to try that when I get back to my apartment lol

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Originally Posted by nitehawkjcb

Hmm, now I see haha I included BIOS in that. I'm probably going to change my BIOS to run solely off the primary drive (don't think i've done that yet) and then look into the fast boot.

I think I can get WinXP to boot within 10-15 seconds easy.

#23

10-24-2012, 07:50 PM

Taz

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I kinda like the idea of being able to see what programs are open at the bottom of the screen. They way it is on the traditional windows setup. On a battery operated device, it kills battery life if you forget what's running in the background. And microsoft is huge for running a bunch of stuff in the background.

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10-24-2012, 08:10 PM

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All I know is because of stupid Windows 8 I can't upgrade my phone until a Windows 8 phone comes out GRRRRR!!!!! (I am on my fiance's cell phone plan as a second number and I have to wait till he upgrades his phone and that's what he wants)