Windows users have long had to deal with cumbersome upgrade and setup processes — if you even mention Windows Millennium Edition we're prone to relive some profound nightmares — but Microsoft is working hard on improving that experience with Windows 8. In a new blog post, the Windows engineering team details the streamlined setup in Windows 8: what took four wizards and up to 60 screens in a Windows 7 upgrade can now be accomplished in a consolidated experience that requires as few as eleven clicks, and users can now download the OS from the web during installation. Performance in upgrade speed has also been remarkably improved: Microsoft explains that a "super upgrade" with 1.44 million files and 120 apps took 513 minutes to...
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