Speed tests I've seen from several places, show Win8 faster at both cold boot and wake up compared to Win7. YMMV.

>Hey Jos
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>You say,"...no visible speed improvements...". Do you not perceive any "non-visible speed improvements"? Like boot times - cold boot and wake from sleep. On my tablet, I noticed a definite speed increase over Windows 7 with Windows 8 when booting. To me, that's the best part about Windows 8.