http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/ Engadget Comments for Asus EeePC spotted running SplashTop instant-on OS http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/
No one listens to EE engineers. MS and Apple both employ more artists and computer scientists. They've been lied to concerning the things that software (rather than hardware) can best accomplish.

The truth is that anything which needs to be dome quickly should be done with a hardware-based solution. My friend needed to find and factor prime numbers. He showed me his software, we analyzed it, rewrote it in a nice low-level language (this probably took us 30 hours), and then I was able to build the entire thing as chip. The final result, search times were improved by a factor of 10,000 (yes, that's ten-thousand times faster) than his original system. Admittedly, using the assembly language routine gave a 40-fold speed increase, so we should factor that out and call it a software improvement. Still, a dedicated hardware solution represented a 250-fold speed increase.

OSs typically spend a huge amount of time (and thus resources) doing repetitive tasks. This calls for OSs being largely built as hardware. I believe that with some moterhboard innovation, a 1GB bank of EEPROM could hold the OS which would only be updated rarely, that users would never have to "wait" to load, and which would be much more stable (less subject to viruses or various other troubles) than the current paradigm. In fact, they could even use ROMs and sell OSs much like processors or memory are now sold. Multi-boot systems would be so easy--you just need a motherboard that supports additional banks of ROMs.

Imgaine a car that wouldn't drive for 2 minutes each time you wanted to use it. Now imagine that every time you upgrade the car that delay increases. No one would buy it. How about an aircraft or a space shuttle. Why does everyone let countless hours of productivity slip away while Windows starts up (or reboots after a crash) the MS way? Folks, you must demand better! We embed higher-level software all the time. Windows XP (or Vista if you're a sucker), and Mac OS X (leopard, right?) could be modified for this purpose far more easily than creating a new OS--but they might need to send their Java/C++ hacks back to school for classes in microprocessors.

The last, and most damning analysis is an environmental one. How much energy is wasted worldwide while Windows (re)boots? It's certainly enough to run a small country. It's interesting to lay a part of the world's energy crises at Apple and Microsfots door.]]>Feb 16th 2008 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/Jan 9th 2008 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/Jan 9th 2008 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/Jan 9th 2008 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/06/phoenix-technologies-launches-hyperspace-instant-on-embedded-o/) while-then,, that's really cool - I want to buy one today !]]>Jan 9th 2008 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/Jan 9th 2008 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/Jan 9th 2008 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/http://astore.amazon.com/asusnotebook-eeepc-20 , i guess it makes a lot of sense to boot from usb drive. Like the vmware on Flash drive http://www.vmware.com or running a Moka5 LivePC http://www.moka5.com]]>Jan 9th 2008 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/Jan 9th 2008 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/Jan 10th 2008 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/Jan 10th 2008 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/
And it's not like you can't use the OS, this is just an extra option so that you can do other things even more quickly and with more power savings if you so desire. (I mean they are selling the eeePC w/o Splashtop now so obviously they don't find it key for market appeal)]]>Jan 10th 2008 12:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/09/asus-eeepc-spotted-running-splashtop-instant-on-os/Jan 10th 2008 1:59PM