Windows 8 installation speed will be greatly improved

Beijing time on the morning of November 25th news, in the previous versions of Windows, the process of installing the program is quite long, sometimes even take a day, but Microsoft (microblogging) promised today on Windows 8 Significantly increase the installation speed.

The Windows development team said in a new official blog post that the Windows 8 installation process has been reduced from the complex installation process in Windows 7 and up to 60 screens to just 11 mouse clicks. carry out. In contrast, the new pure installation of Windows 7 requires a minimum of 32 minutes, while Windows 8 is 21 minutes. Medium upgrade (213,000 files, 77 applications), Windows 7 takes 131 minutes, while Windows 8 takes 42 minutes. Heavy upgrades (430,000 files, 90 applications), Windows 7 takes 188 minutes, while Windows 8 takes 46 minutes. Super upgrade (1.44 million files, 120 applications), Windows 7 takes 513 minutes, while Windows 8 takes only 52 minutes.

In addition, Microsoft's backward compatibility is still amazing. The Windows development team even showed a 16-bit Excel document running a 1990 version using Windows 8. However, with the development of technology, this backward compatibility is becoming more and more difficult. Microsoft said they will rely on third-party designers to provide support.

Microsoft today promises to significantly increase installation speed in Windows 8