http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/ Engadget Comments for Phoenix Technologies HyperSpace instant-on OS coming to ASUS laptops http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/Jan 20th 2009 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/Jan 20th 2009 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/Jan 20th 2009 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/Jan 20th 2009 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/
Oh yes, he did! And the HyperSpace is an in-your-face disgrace to Microsoft for not allowing Windows XPe to be legally embedded and shipped with standard PCs and Laptops, not even as a backup on-board OS.]]>Jan 20th 2009 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/Jan 20th 2009 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/Jan 20th 2009 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/Jan 20th 2009 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/Jan 20th 2009 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/Jan 20th 2009 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/
But wouldn't this require a shit load of computing power as you are essentially trying to run 2 OSs at the same time (one booting in background while another is running).

Plus - wouldn't this requirement of extra resources add to the BSOD problem that windows has.

PLUS - The reason they put the "instant on OS" on the machine is because it takes too long to boot into windows to do small tasks - it takes too long because it is built on a BUDGET (Not the highest spec) - to run 2 OSs at the same time, you need more resources (higher spec hardware), which defeats the purpose of using an instant on OS, if you had those extra resources to run 2 OSs, why not just run the 1 (windows) alot faster.]]>Jan 21st 2009 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/Jan 20th 2009 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/Jan 20th 2009 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/Jan 20th 2009 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/What is the underlying OS that it's based on? Linux? BSD? something custom?

What browser is it? Can I count on it for full Gmail and Google Reader support?

And, I see what looks like a Meebo (?) icon... any chance you can add some non-browser apps? Like, I'd rather have a log-less Pidgin than a webified chat.

Last ... does it only give you the option to boot to windows, or can you tell it to boot to some other OS? (for example, I'm much more likely to have Ubuntu only, no windows at all).]]>Jan 20th 2009 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/
More on Hyperspace here: http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/review-phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-desktop-20090115/]]>Jan 20th 2009 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/Jan 20th 2009 4:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/Except of course that this isn't "waking up from sleep". This is "booting up from cold".

Though, I do wonder how many people actually boot/reboot their computers anymore (as opposed to just sleeping/hibernating them). My last girlfriend got confused when I told her she needed to reboot her computer. "do you mean sleep? or hibernate?" ... that was a fun conversation to have over the phone (she was 2 states away at the time).

She's not dumb (a little on the naive side when it comes to computers, but otherwise a rather bright person), yet she had no idea what the difference between sleep, hibernate, shutdown, and reboot were. And she had never done a shutdown nor reboot. She always thought "restart" meant "sleep it, and then wake it up", because, from her perspective, that's all she had ever needed to do.

]]>Jan 20th 2009 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/Jan 20th 2009 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/Jan 20th 2009 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/Jan 20th 2009 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/Jan 20th 2009 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/Jan 20th 2009 11:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/Jan 20th 2009 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/Jan 21st 2009 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.facebook.com/pages/Microsoft-Windows-7/39012423321]]>Jan 21st 2009 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/20/phoenix-technologies-hyperspace-instant-on-os-coming-to-asus-lap/Plus it has an office suite compatible with Microsoft's.

Seriously, Hyperspace boots in somewhere from 5 to 20 secs max.
Looks promising]]>Mar 28th 2009 9:18PM