Windows Vista will boot in three seconds, says Microsoft
Microsoft is promising that computers run on Windows Vista will start up and shut down in 2 - 3 seconds. The official site reports :
Windows Vista computer starts and shuts down as quickly and reliably as a television, typically within 2 to 3 seconds. Windows Vista processes login scripts and startup programs and services in the background so you can start working right away. You’ll also shut down and restart your computer less often by using the New Sleep state, a simple one-click on and off experience which not only reduces power consumption, but also delivers and protects user data.
A new technology called SuperFetch will help this process along. But many remain skeptical.
[Via Softpedia]
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4 opinions for Windows Vista will boot in three seconds, says Microsoft
B52
Sep 27, 2005 at 2:44 pm
Welcome to last week! :D
Booting in 2 or 3 seconds is impossible, you can’t even get passed the bios or memcheck in that time. As has been discussed extensively elsewhere, this is boot from hibernate - which Win2K and XP already do in less than 5 seconds.
Seriously though, you need to stop referencing softpedia, they’re not exactly credible.
Andy Merrett
Oct 12, 2005 at 1:03 pm
Some claim. It’s probably sleep. And Mac OS X already does that in 1 second or less. Lagging as usual. My PC at work takes an impossible amount of time to boot up, most of that is network stuff, but startup after login is appallingly slow too. And hibernate doesn’t work properly. But then that’s as much Dell’s problem as Microsoft.
Jasper
Oct 14, 2005 at 4:30 pm
I tend to think that booting is after posting bios. That is all MS can fix. We will see if it works
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