Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 11th Apr 2007 16:35 UTC, submitted by Flatline
"Anyone else remember when Microsoft used to talk about making Windows Vista (or Longhorn, as it was then known) a fast-booting operating system. Fast, as in cold boots that were 50 percent faster than those possible with Windows XP? Something obviously went awry. As Computerworld is reporting, a number of Vista users are none too happy about Vista boot-up times. Some are questioning whether Microsoft is advocating that users just put Vista into sleep mode, as opposed to shutting down systems on a daily basis, to mask the sluggish boot up."
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2005-07-02
It is trolling because the article isn't about a Windows vs. Linux comparison, but rather a XP vs. Vista comparison, and the failed promise that boot times would be drastically lowered with Vista.
By the way, when you get to the desktop in Windows the system is still booting - there's plenty of stuff that isn't loaded yet...and it is possible to boot a command-line Linux in less than five seconds, IIRC...