When "Booting" Windows 8 Only 8 Seconds

One of the advantages brought by Windows 8, Microsoft's latest operating system, which was launched at the conference BUILD, in Anaheim, California, USA, on Tuesday (8/13/2011) is a super fast boot time. As reported by Techradar today, the speed of booting Windows 8 is faster than the time it takes the monitor to turn on.

"It's almost faster than the speed of the monitor to light up and sometimes faster than the time it takes the fan to turn on," said Michael Anguilo, head of Microsoft's ecosystem of Windows 8. Anguilo added, no more flashing the BIOS screen. "Nothing odd characters that look. It will go straight to the screen first," he said.

Crazyengineer sites in the report mentioned that Windows 8 only takes 8 seconds to boot. The speed boot is the result of the technique "hibernation" is developed by Microsoft. This technique allows Windows 8 to store application data that were never opened and a document that is not preserved, so booting faster.

Technique "hibernation" is applied instead of "hibernation" total. In a sense, Windows 8 does not save the entire running application but only the core session. It helps the operating system so it does not have to build all the data usage on the previous session and thus more time-efficient. The video below can describe the speed of booting Windows 8.

Booting a super fast becoming one of the pleasant experience of using Windows 8. Moreover, when the first screen is already open, Windows 8 also promises a fresh look, the menu is neatly organized with the design of the Metro. Access to social networking can also be done directly on the screen first.

Different experiences are also given Windows 8 when the user logs on. To log on, users can perform a variety of ways, ranging from conventional to enter a password or PIN consists of 4 characters. There is also a Picture Password, in which the device touch screen, users can simply wipe the image is in some way to log on.

Problem booting itself, not only the promised speed, but also safe. Windows 8 is equipped with Secure Boot that works with BIOS UEFI-based so it can protect your PC from malware while booting. With this, Windows 8 promises security from a PC, notebook, or tablet is turned on.