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blogs.zdnet.com - 9/3/2008
Windows 7: Can Microsoft get boot time to under 15 seconds? | All about Microsoft
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September 3rd, 2008 Windows 7: Can Microsoft get boot time to under 15 seconds? Posted by Mary Jo Foley @ 7:10 am Categories: Windows client , Corporate strategy , Windows 7 Tags: Microsoft Windows 7 , Microsoft Corp. , Microsoft Windows , Operating Systems , Software , Mary Jo Foley When ...
blogs.msdn.com - 8/29/2008
Boot Performance
— blogs.msdn.com — Ed. Note: This is our first post from a senior member of the development team. Allow me... to introduce Michael Fortin who is one of Microsoft’s Distinguished Engineers and leads the Fundamentals feature team that is in our Core Operating System group. ... (more) Boot Performance
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Gizmodo:  Windows 7 Aiming for 15 Second Boot Times? [Microsoft]

jkOnTheRun:  Microsoft focusing on faster boot times: is 15-seconds possible?

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Windows 7 Aiming for 15 Second Boot Times? [Microsoft]
Gizmodo — ... and said that their goal is to have Windows 7 boot in 15 seconds. But they have said this: For Windows 7, a top goal is to significantly increase the number of systems that experience very good boot times. In the lab, a very good system is one that boots in under 15 seconds. So it looks like 15 seconds may be an internal goal that Microsoft knows better than to announce just yet—for decent systems, at least. [Engineering Windows 7 via ZDnet] ...

Microsoft focusing on faster boot times: is 15-seconds possible?
jkOnTheRun — ... That's great news for many folks. I'm pretty religious about using sleep and resume rather than boot and shut-down, but I'm sure the booters out there will be happy to hear this. In fact, Mary Jo Foley alludes to Microsoft trying to get boot times down to 15-seconds as that's what the company considers a "very good boot time". I'd agree... hey, even me as a "sleeper and resumer" has to boot up at least once. ...

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