Article: Lenovo vows 'unbelievably' fast Windows 7 boots.

Byline: jeevan@cpidubai.com (Staff)

Lenovo Group Ltd. is staking an early claim to potentially key turf in the Windows 7 gold rush: The PC vendor boasts it has the fastest boot-up and shutdown times.

ThinkPad notebooks and ThinkCentre desktop PCs for businesses will boot Windows 7 up to 56% faster than when loading XP or Vista, Lenovo said.

Meanwhile, IdeaPad and IdeaCentre consumer PCs certified for "Windows 7 Lenovo Enhanced Experience" will load 33% faster and shut down 50% faster than hardware that's noncertified but otherwise identical.

Howard Locker, director of new technology at the Chinese PC maker, told Computerworld that in some cases, "we went from a ...

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