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Windows 8 is ALOT faster, I have it myself and when I press the power button it it's in the start screen in about 5 seconds. I had XP and it was in the start screen in about 18-20 seconds (very slow, I know).
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@hittox (View Post)
Yes, it is a ton faster. My Win8 boots in about 3-4 sec, while my xp on old computer takes a full minute. -
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Good for you.
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@greymatter (View Post)
well on windows for me ... it takes 2:05 minutes to startup to the desktop according to soluto, it also gives another time of 3:31 but i'm not sure about that ... and that is why I want it. My computer is a school computer that came with a ton of programs I don't need. I need to just go through and uninstall everything sometime.
Edit: and it says 70 seconds of that is my antivirus ... which has never caught one virus except for a program I downloaded to get back a password I lost. So I really don't need it ... and I can get my computer fixed by taking it back to my school, for free, anyway. -
i own a surface pro so bootup is lightning fast!
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Visual Studio is actually a pretty great IDE, but it does lock you to windows, and it kind of terrible if you want to develop linux apps.
But you probably aren't if you are using it.
I personally like eclipse as an IDE, but I usually just use vim and a command line build process like scons or make.
Everyone has their own preferences, if you are going to challenge them, at least provide reasons instead of just "I don't like it so use something else."
