Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 6th Mar 2008 21:21 UTC
Linux "San Jose-based startup DeviceVM made waves last year when it unveiled Splashtop, a nearly instant-on Linux environment stored in the flash memory usually reserved for motherboard BIOS. The company previewed an upcoming revision to Splashtop at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in January, then gave us the chance to take a hands-on look at this intriguing system software."
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RE: Actually worth using?
by snozzberry on Thu 6th Mar 2008 22:42 UTC in reply to "Actually worth using?"
snozzberry
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2005-11-14

What he said. BIOS is for emergency utilities and diagnostic functions, not functionality already duplicated by basic OS applications.

Asus dropped the ball on what could have been a major breakthrough in platform stability.

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