We know Windows 8 is promising faster boot times and our testing largely bears that out, but that poses a potential minor challenge: you won’t have much time to get to the BIOS menu if you (say) want to alter the boot order to use a USB drive. Fortunately, Windows 8 also lets you access these options from within the OS itself.
I mentioned in yesterday’s chill mat roundup that my current notebook is running a tad on the warm side. Using a chill mat consistently has definitely helped, but I’ve also seen an improvement after updating the BIOS
