How MS improved shutdown times in Windows 7

gaming_guy

This it how they did it:

"We were able to shave 400 milliseconds off the shutdown time by slightly trimming the WAV file shutdown music.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8026736.stm

:rotfl::rotfl:

colboy

Every little helps, although this and many other settings like this can be adjusted in the registry anyway.

Marty_J

And here's a comparison of the startup time of Mac OS X 10.5 and Windows 7, running on the same hardware:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61EdE9AhQz4

Yeah yeah yeah, I know Windows 7 is a beta, but I keep hearing it's really fast. Mac OS X 10.6 is apparently significantly faster than the current version shown here.

Still, I'm sure Windows 8 will be really good. :rolleyes:

robt_2

janeinlondon wrote: »

Wish they would trim out a lot of the wasted resources in my Vista. Just too slow and jst too confusing. Not tried Windows 7 yet. Maybe its just another bloated windows system.

What wasted resources are those? Would you prefer to have your RAM doing nothing 99% of the time? It sounds like your computer is underpowered.

isofa

I've never understood why my Mac (OS X 10.4) boots and shutsdown so quickly, yet my XP install takes several minutes to boot (and a couple more until all the services have started, usually time to make a coffee) and often an age to shutdown.

energy80s

robt wrote: »

What wasted resources are those? Would you prefer to have your RAM doing nothing 99% of the time? It sounds like your computer is underpowered.

RAM is for running programmes in, not Operating Systems! The whole idea of faster processors and more memory is to aid with the speed of your applications - not to support a bloated OS - no matter what format : Windows,Mac,Linux. That's why I wouldn't touch Vista with a barge pole. Hopefully Win7 will turn out to be a good OS, but it will probably take until Service Pack 2 until it can really compete with XP. Vista (like WinME) will soon become just another faded memory.

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energy80s wrote: »

RAM is for running programmes in, not Operating Systems!

No, that would be your TV not your computer.

What's the point of having unallocated RAM in a system?

Bloated Vista, I'm assuming you've reviewed the layers that make the operating system right down to the source code, or you've tried to run it on an underpowered machine. I'm going to hedge my bets on neither, it's the same dross that's been recycled for two years now.

energy80s

anewhope wrote: »

No, that would be your TV not your computer.

What's the point of having unallocated RAM in a system?

Bloated Vista, I'm assuming you've reviewed the layers that make the operating system right down to the source code, or you've tried to run it on an underpowered machine. I'm going to hedge my bets on neither, it's the same dross that's been recycled for two years now.

Even Bill Gates wouldn't use Vista. His parting shot last June was advising customers to wait for Windows 7!

As it stands, XP with service pack 2 is still the most stable "recent" OS that Microsoft have released.

And you seem to have missed the point about PC's - they are there to run third party applications on - not operating systems. The extra processing power and memory are there to be called upon for those apps, not to get the base system up and running.

jaydeeuk1

Have you spoke to Bill Gates then? Do you know what a PC and an operating system is energy80s? And XP isn't recent, its almost 8 years old for Christ's sake, thats ancient in computing terms.

isofa

A think the Gate's quote is out of context, he was refering to corporates on XP waiting until Vista matures before adopting an upgrade path...

If you have to think for more than a few seconds about the OS and how to use it, surely it's not doing it's job properly - it is there to support applications with basic tasks and functions. I spend my time using all manner of complex applications on various platforms, that is where my time and skills are spent.

robt_2

energy80s wrote: »

RAM is for running programmes in, not Operating Systems! The whole idea of faster processors and more memory is to aid with the speed of your applications - not to support a bloated OS - no matter what format : Windows,Mac,Linux. That's why I wouldn't touch Vista with a barge pole. Hopefully Win7 will turn out to be a good OS, but it will probably take until Service Pack 2 until it can really compete with XP. Vista (like WinME) will soon become just another faded memory.

I think with that one post you have lost any credibility in the argument, especially wth the context it was posted in (a reply to my post).