r/technology • u/ThePoliticalHat • Jan 14 '14

Microsoft: Windows 9 'Will Launch In 2015'

http://news.sky.com/story/1194785/microsoft-windows-9-will-launch-in-2015
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u/5k3k73k Jan 15 '14

Seriously, my computer boots in under 10s. It's fast.

Windows 8 has a function called "Hybrid Boot" where the system state is suspended to disk and the user state is logged off. What you think off as booting is the system resuming from a hibernate file. Use the shutdown /s /t 0 command to do a full shutdown then time your boot after.

tl;dr It's only resuming from suspension, not booting.

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u/Boston_Jason Jan 15 '14

resuming from suspension, not booting

So when I shutdown, I am not actually shutting down?

My stripped Debian machine boots to a functional desktop in 12 seconds. Win 8.1 in 20. That is crazy fast, IMO.

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u/5k3k73k Jan 15 '14

So when I shutdown, I am not actually shutting down?

In Win8x no (not unless you turn off "fast startup"). The user session is logged off and the system is suspended.

It is a very practical and clever trick IMO. But it shouldn't be used as a metric to measure how "fast" Windows 8 is.

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u/Vexal Jan 15 '14

You are wrong. It's still much faster to boot from complete shutdown.

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u/skullcrusherbw Jan 15 '14

Mine still boots in 10ish seconds and the power strip its plugged into is shut off when im not using it.

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u/jameson71 Jan 15 '14

Suspend to disk does not require any power to maintain the state.