3 ms·

Right, that start up time is not Windows starting, its the bullshit software. Meaning that even if Windows 8 boots a bit faster, that same bloatware is still go

• ak217 15y ago
  That and the slow booting BIOS. In a legacy PC, there is very little need for most of what the BIOS does, and that firmware code is usually not well-optimized by the OEMs... I wonder what's taking EFI so long.
  • drivebyacct2 15y ago
    Crappy implementations from Apple? Sorry, I've been scorned several times and I'm frankly not impressed with the effort exerted to make their EFI impl decent (largely because I think they don't want it to be as robust as it could be).
    • drivebyacct2 15y ago
      Thanks for the downvotes. You all must have an EFI that boots installation media reliably, or have one that has a proper BIOS emulation with usb support, or have one that has support for graphics switching when not in OS X, or have one that doesn't require an HFS+ partition with "bless"ings.
• jerf 15y ago
  "You might understand why it's a bit of a sore point with many people whose wallets Microsoft is listening to after that experience." Not "and now you know why Windows is fundamentally incapable of starting up quickly". Phrased it that way on purpose.