Features new to Windows 8: Difference between revisions

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On September 8, 2011, Microsoft announced that Windows 8 has short boot times, because it saves the [[Kernel (computing)|kernel]]'s memory to the hard disk on shutdown (similar to the existing [[Hibernation (computing)|hibernate]] option) and reloads it on startup.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.winsupersite.com/blog/supersite-blog-39/windows8/microsoft-touts-incredible-windows-8-boot-times-140515 | title=Microsoft Touts Incredible Windows 8 Boot Times | accessdate=September 09, 2011}}</ref>

More new features can be found including new version of NT Kernel 6.2 (http://windows8beta.com/2011/09/microsoft-windows-8-feature-list-highlights-of-the-new-windows-os-from-build-2011)

(http://windows8beta.com/2011/09/quad-core-nvidia-based-windows-8-based-tablet-shown-off)

(http://windows8beta.com/2011/09/microsoft-demos-windows-store-for-windows-8)

Long Zheng of istartedsomething has unveiled some more features in his site.(http://www.istartedsomething.com/)

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