Microsoft recently launched a blog all about their new OS, Windows 7. I've read through a few of the posts, and although lengthy, they appear to be chock full of some good intel (no pun intended) from the bright minds over at Redmond and insight into what's cookin' in their next OS. One of their posts is on boot performance, which I know everyone, even the casual Windows user, has griped about at one time or another. I think this time around, they might actually accomplish their goal of speeding up boot time across the board. Here's a snippet from that post, but be sure to bookmark their blog and check it out from time to time:
For a PC to boot fast a number of tasks need to be performed efficiently and with a high degree of parallelism. --Ed Note. I agree!
- Files must be read into memory.
- System services need to be initialized.
- Devices need to be identified and started.
- The user’s credentials need to be authenticated for login.
- The desktop needs to be constructed and displayed.
- Startup applications need to be launched.
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