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Re:Windows 8 Sales Disappoint in Shaky PC Market by isaacwaller on Sunday December 23, 2012 @09:21PM (#4961565)
(I am not the original poster)

  * improved file copy dialog, including pausing    
  * much faster boot    
  * improved task manager (as you said)
  * better multi-monitor support (I have 2 monitors)
It's not much but was worth the $30 upgrade. I don't mind the new start screen but I understand that is subjective.
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Re:Windows 8 Sales Disappoint in Shaky PC Market by MattDL on Sunday December 23, 2012 @10:18PM (#4961715)
Isn't the faster booting thing just exactly the same as only using hibernate on Windows 7?

Granted I haven't looked into it fully but I doubt the actual cold boot speeds vary wildly between the two.

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Re:Windows 8 Sales Disappoint in Shaky PC Market by magic_haze on Monday December 24, 2012 @04:30AM (#4962365)
The hibernate is only for ring 0: user space still gets wiped out.
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Re:Windows 8 Sales Disappoint in Shaky PC Market by nwh on Sunday December 23, 2012 @11:07PM (#4961814)
That's correct.
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