Windows 8 RTM Benchmarked

jjslash writes "Microsoft's PR machine has been hard at work over the past few months, trying to explain the numerous improvements Windows 8 has received on the backend. But are there real tangible performance differences compared to Windows 7? TechSpot has grabbed the RTM version of Windows 8, measuring and testing the performance of various aspects of the operating system including: boot up and shutdown times, file copying, encoding, browsing, gaming and some synthetic benchmarks." Lots of other sites are running reviews including: Infoworld, CNET, Computerworld, and Gizmodo, with very mixed opinions.

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Re:Paid for

[Penguinisto]

Given Metro (or whatever the UI is specifically called nowadays), the damned thing had better come with the ability to turn one's computer into a flying car, a washing machine, a working submarine, a microwave stuffed with all the foods I ever liked, and a fembot with a penchant for evil.

Seriously - using the Windows 8 UI is sometimes like pulling one's own teeth out with a rusty pair of tweezers. I don't even want to know what the few Windows-using relatives I have left are going to think (right before my phone line gets all jammed-up with questions and pleas for help, that is).

I know, I know - cue all the sycophants and astroturfers reminding me how allegedly easy using Windows8 will be. >:(

Re:Window 8

[zlives]

troll harder