There was no noticeable difference in transfer speed, though this may simply be a hardware limitation. To test file transfer speed, a USB 2.0 drive with 81 diverse files totaling 500MB was moved onto the computer, as well as a single file that was almost 1GB. Windows 8 saves the system and memory to a file and reloads it when booted up Windows 7 needs to take the time to initiate all these processes again. Shutdown time was better as well, but not by as much. They found that startup times for Windows 8 were vastly improved over 7 – about twice as fast. 64-bit versions of Windows 7 and 8 were used, with all updates at the time installed. Windows 8, using a Toshiba Portege R835-P88 laptop with a 2.5GHz Core i5-2450M chip, an Intel HD Graphics 3000 integrated graphics processor, a 500GB hard drive, and 6GB of RAM. PC Mag.com has published a speed test of Windows 7 v.s. These tiles open individual apps, while programs are still executed from a standard desktop-mode. Windows 8 is designed to work with touchscreens on mobile devices like phones and tablets, and probably comes as quite a shock to someone expecting a typical Windows desktop with a Start bar and icons.Instead of this, a user finds herself looking at a tablet-style interface that is full of what are called tiles. There are several important differences between Windows 7 and Windows 8, and they are immediately noticeable.
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