Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 5th Nov 2007 23:14 UTC
There's absolutely no reason you should be waiting the three-plus minutes it takes your computer to boot up Windows, says Woody Hobbs, CEO of Phoenix Technologies. And indeed, if Hobbs has his way, you may not have to endure those waits much longer. Phoenix says its new technology, HyperSpace, will offer mobile PC users the ability to instantly fire up their most used apps - things like e-mail, web browsers and various media players - without using Windows, simply by pressing the F4 button.
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2005-07-06
If they're getting three minute boot times for Windows, they must be shopping around to find a worst-case scenario from a disreputable vendor to prove a point.
Agreed. From 'bell chime' to desktop on this MacBook, it takes 23seconds. IHO that is very fast, if one needs 'instant' access to something - wouldn't the best solution be something like a pda with wireless internet access? I'm assuming that it has to be loaded up very quickly because there is some information required that can't wait a few seconds.
Assuming one isn't stupid, one would have the information saved on a thumb drive - load the thumb drive or flash card into the device and voila, access to it.
From what I see, all Pheonix is trying to do is do what VMware is attempting, replace one monopoly with another monopoly - no thank you, I want choice, I want the ability to tell the OS vendor to go heave ho, and I certainly don't want my firmware vendor getting in on the action and including things in the firmware which quite frankly, shouldn't be near the damn thing in the first place.