Comments on: Windows 8 Task Manager: Big Upgrade

By: danwat1234

danwat1234 — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 10:37:10 +0000

The only thing I don’t like about the new Task Manager is that on the “Processes” tab (the tab with the heat map), the memory values in the memory column is of “Memory (Private Working Set)”, not “Working Set: (Memory)”.
So, in the processes tab, you don’t see the true amount of RAM some process is using, usually it is slighter larger and sometimes a much larger value in real life. You can see the true value in the Details tab if you have the “Working Set: (Memory)” column.

1 other little gripe is that the new task manager is a bit bloated, needs a bit of code refinement. It takes about 1 seconds to load up on a 3GHZ Core 2 duo machine even if cached in memory (not hard drive bottleneck). About 3 seconds if not in RAM yet. The Windows 7 Task Manager was a lot smaller program.

All in all I like the new task manager, it adds a lot of usefulness and the slowality really is a big deal since I’m a speed freak and my next computer will probably have 3x the single core performance so it’ll be super fast again.

Windows 8; Just disable Metro with Start8 and there you go, a nice efficient OS.

By: Melody (from TX)

Melody (from TX) — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:41:22 +0000

Great tip. Keep up the good work. Say, what I need to know is there a quick shut down for Windows 8 ?

By: Jocelynne Littlebear

Jocelynne Littlebear — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:43:21 +0000

EXCELLENT essay on Win 8. Thank you for your efforts. Your latest contribution (Win 8 Task Manager) is enormously helpful. If you write a manual on Win 8, I will certainly purchase a copy.

By: K.Vee.Shanker.

K.Vee.Shanker. — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 05:54:49 +0000

Hi Tim,

Do you remember that many of us did not find any valid reasons (Mmm… even now) to upgrade to WIN 7, except that MS won’t support it anymore and the win applications/browsers may stop functioning soon in XP.I’m not surprised that any of us are not interested in budging up for WIN 8 too!

Thanks for your highlight on vastly improved Task Manager of WIN 8. Kudos to Microsoft for it. What I really appreciate is that they have included the imapact of programs to support our decision making. It would have been nice if they had ALSO indicated whether some file/program is from windows or not.That help, I being typical vanilla user, definitely need when I wonder some thing listed is a virus/malware program.

Very nice and well written article. Thanks!