Windows Startup Showdown: Windows 7 Beta Boasts Sub-30 Second Boot Time

Windows Startup Showdown: Windows 7 Beta Boasts Sub-30 Second Boot Time

In case you didn't know Microsoft is preparing to release a brand new Windows Operating System...again. For me, Windows 7 in comparison to Windows Vista is virtually the same as Windows XP to Windows ME. Windows XP was a HUGE improvement over Windows ME, and was released only a year and a month or so after Windows ME. Anyone who remembers Windows ME will remember the extremely sluggish operating system as being highly error prone and extremely slow. Well, fast-forward 7 years and a month and we have Windows Vista, followed a mere year and a half later by Windows 7(based upon current publicized release date).

The improvements from Vista to 7 are dramatic, especially the amount of time the system takes to boot up fully. Even the Windows 7 Beta release has shown marked improvements on boot-time! Windows 7 Beta has been clocked at about 30 seconds for faster systems. Consider for the moment that the biggest gripe most people have with computers and Windows in general is the amount of time they take to get up and running, and you now have a product that becomes highly useful.

Now there are the Apple Maccies and the Linuxheads that will say that 30 seconds is normal for them, but the truth is 30 seconds isn't normal by anyone's stretch of imagination except for a few select Linux Operating Systems whose sole purpose is to load quickly and not do much else. So yeah, 30 seconds for Microsoft is impressive, and considering the techworld is experiencing even better than 30 seconds is astonishing.

It would appear Windows 7 may be indeed worth the investment, unlike the soon-to-be outdated Windows Vista.

--Slick Geek