Good news for Xbox fans: It looks like booting up the next-generation console won’t take nearly as long as booting up the Xbox 360. A video posted on YouTube purportedly shows the Xbox One’s home screen getting booted up in less than five seconds, a significant improvement from the boot time of the current Xbox. It shouldn’t be surprising that the Xbox One fires up so quickly since Microsoft has made shortening boot times a key focus of its work with Windows 8 and since the next-generation console features a big boost in hardware with an eight-core 1.6GHz processor and 8GB of RAM. The video purportedly showing the Xbox One’s boot screen follows below.
Video shows huge Xbox One speed improvements compared to Xbox 360
Published Oct 16th, 2013 9:45PM EDT
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Brad Reed has written about technology for over eight years at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and the American Prospect. He has a Master's Degree in Business and Economics Journalism from Boston University.
