Quote Originally Posted by Airwaves View Post
Load times with 8.1 on an SSD is non existent. Turn it on, At the log in screen. Also uses more then half the ram 7 does.
That is what I meant by "more noticeable on modern hardware". I don't have an SSD () but still notice faster boot times on my laptop than I did on Windows 7.

The memory usage point is a good one, however - Windows 8.1 is definitely a lot lighter on the memory (if I remember correctly it actually has lower system requirements than Windows 7).