Linked by weildish on Wed 14th Jan 2009 05:40 UTC
Nobody ever liked looking at a boot screen, especially when in a hurry for quick access to a bit of needed information. Quick-boot technology has been around for ages, it seems, going seemingly nowhere, as if taunting. However, a number of new products displayed recently at CES by companies such as Sony, Lenovo, Phoenix, and Qualcomm, gives one the idea that the quick-boot technology will soon be implemented into netbooks, and all for the better (quicker, at least).
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2008-05-26
Linpus Lite on the Acer Aspire One is about as "instant-on" as I've seen on a netbook. Takes about 10 seconds, no special hardware, just a customized operating system.
Netbooks, as long as they are not running an obsolete proprietary operating system, can boot up a regular system in 10 seconds. Instant-on is needed for computers that ship with non-instant-on operating systems, i.e. full notebooks. I think Lenovo and co have got it arse around backwards.