Longhorn will boot 50 procent faster than Windows XP

Longhorn is as the sequel to Windows XP suppose to bring a lot of improvements in pretty much every aspect you can think of. Considering the quite long development this doesn’t seem like an unreasonable demand to many. We have for a long time known that Longhorn will be both faster, more stable and more secure than Windows XP. We have never seen or heard any more specific information than just that. Now it seems though that Microsoft has given at least one hint of what they mean by faster.

Among others the boot of the computer will go 50 percent faster with Longhorn compared to Windows XP. But also starting up software with Longhorn will go faster according to Microsoft. Below you can find a list of specific improvements Microsoft are counting on with Longhorn.

It is still uncertain how Microsoft will manage to speed up the operating system but many optimizations are to be expected with Longhorn Beta 1 that will arrive in August this fall, I.e. next month. We are of course very glad MS is trying to develop an even faster operating system, but right now we would like them to speed up the development.

Source: Microsoft Watch