But when I did a clean install of Windows 8, this speed demon booted up in 11 seconds.

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Its 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo and full-size drive is way snappy -- the machine boots from cold to desktop in 26 seconds (granted, it's a clean install without any third party software installed).

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Additionally, 32-bit to 64-bit upgrades will not be allowed -- but folks using the 32-bit version will get to perform a clean install of the 64-bit version, if that's what their heart desires.

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Well, it looks like those hoping to do a clean install of Windows Vista with an upgrade-only edition of the OS may not be entirely out of luck after all, although they'll still have to jump through a few hoops to get it done.

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SolarCity has its own fleet of workers who install solar panels while Sunrun and Clean Power Finance contract with installers to do the work.

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And 20 years ago, the utility industry, warnings of huge losses from the Clean Air Act, won concessions greatly reducing their obligations to install scrubbers on coal-fired power plants.

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The company states that there is no setup or install process, you drop it into your pool and press the clean button.

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