I don't get it. People turn their laptops off? Why? Why wait 15 seconds for just a trimmed down "instant-on" OS, when they can get to their real, full-power OS in less than the time it takes to open the lid? Sleep mode!
As they say in the video, 95% of business users boot their laptops for mail, calendars, contacts, internet, viewing mail attachments, and replying to mail. The system takes those features (all found in a Blackberry), and adds a big screen and keyboard. On top of that, it multiplies battery life by a factor of around 10 through its use of dedicated hardware.
By the way, where did you hear about 15-second boot time? In the video, they talked like it would be practically an always-on solution.
Now, if you want to play games, you'll need a full boot. That said, I doubt you'll see this system anytime soon in an XPS or Alienware configuration, so I'm not sure how well gaming will work on those machines anyway.
My hope for the future: take this same concept and add the capability to load extensions from the hard drive as they are necessary. For instance, if I wanted to play a Linux game, and it requires capabilities not originally loaded in the instant-on OS, those modules could be loaded at that point.
Sohip, I don't think you understood his comment. I can't remeber the last time I actually shut down my laptop, and I feel many others are in the same boat. While on the initial boot you'll save some time, for someone who's restarting their laptop ~ once a month, and restarting every 6, what's the real benefit?
The real benefit is that it saves battery life. Sleep mode still drains your battery. It's not like you stick your laptop into sleep mode and your laptop is an energizer bunny. Sleep mode drains your battery. Turning your computer off and on in the same amount of time it takes to go in and out of sleep mode drains less battery life.
I think the main point is, not everyone uses windows. Not everyone actually USES the full blown features of their OS. Not everyone needs to leave their computers on all the time to feel connected to the world. Not everyone wants to carry around their power adapters all day and to every meeting.
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I don't get it. People turn their laptops off? Why? Why wait 15 seconds for just a trimmed down "instant-on" OS, when they can get to their real, full-power OS in less than the time it takes to open the lid? Sleep mode!
"The benefit, of course, is an extension of battery life to days instead of hours assuming that you're not regularly booting into Vista or XP"
Please read the whole article next time...
Longer battery life
It's an excellent step in the right direction.
As they say in the video, 95% of business users boot their laptops for mail, calendars, contacts, internet, viewing mail attachments, and replying to mail. The system takes those features (all found in a Blackberry), and adds a big screen and keyboard. On top of that, it multiplies battery life by a factor of around 10 through its use of dedicated hardware.
By the way, where did you hear about 15-second boot time? In the video, they talked like it would be practically an always-on solution.
Now, if you want to play games, you'll need a full boot. That said, I doubt you'll see this system anytime soon in an XPS or Alienware configuration, so I'm not sure how well gaming will work on those machines anyway.
My hope for the future: take this same concept and add the capability to load extensions from the hard drive as they are necessary. For instance, if I wanted to play a Linux game, and it requires capabilities not originally loaded in the instant-on OS, those modules could be loaded at that point.
What's another 45 seconds? My computer could boot vista and have firefox open in ~1 minute
Sohip, I don't think you understood his comment. I can't remeber the last time I actually shut down my laptop, and I feel many others are in the same boat. While on the initial boot you'll save some time, for someone who's restarting their laptop ~ once a month, and restarting every 6, what's the real benefit?
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The real benefit is that it saves battery life. Sleep mode still drains your battery. It's not like you stick your laptop into sleep mode and your laptop is an energizer bunny. Sleep mode drains your battery. Turning your computer off and on in the same amount of time it takes to go in and out of sleep mode drains less battery life.
I think the main point is, not everyone uses windows. Not everyone actually USES the full blown features of their OS. Not everyone needs to leave their computers on all the time to feel connected to the world. Not everyone wants to carry around their power adapters all day and to every meeting.