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Boot performance is very important
A computer should only take as long to get to working
state as a television - 10 seconds tops - with either
the option of restoring the exact shutdown state or a
fresh rebooted OS.
Posted by: dkawalec   Posted on: 09/04/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Boot performance is very important  dkawalec | 09/04/08
It boils down to hard drive speed really.  LBiege | 09/04/08
Too many devs want to "initialize" stuff  CobraA1 | 09/04/08
Maybe desktop search is indexing  LBiege | 09/04/08
It's a psych ploy from way back.  wolf_z | 09/05/08
And Initialize Too Much  MichP | 09/08/08
Well round the corner  morrigen | 09/05/08
Your compairing a TV to a PC? seriously?  devlin_X | 09/05/08
Moderate importance overall  doodlius | 09/04/08
Not important at all really  rhomp2002@... | 09/08/08
Patch reboots  bmgoodman | 09/04/08
No sir, there isn't...  Jim Blaine - Bellingham WA. | 09/04/08
No such thing as Windows rot either.  ye | 09/04/08
Urban legend?  Jim Blaine - Bellingham WA. | 09/04/08
Yes...Urban Legend.  ye | 09/04/08
So it's an urban legend  Cardinal_Bill | 09/04/08
It is an urban legend, for sure,  cgdams | 09/05/08
It's not random. People download and install software...  ye | 09/05/08
Curing "Windows Rot" without reinstalling  wolf_z | 09/05/08
@wolf_z  storm14k | 09/05/08
@storm14k: Exactly  ye | 09/05/08
Give it Up, Jim - It's Bush Nazi MicroShaft Bigot Ye Here!  drprod@... | 09/06/08
The urban legend will die...  storm14k | 09/05/08
That time came long ago.  ye | 09/05/08
RE: How important is boot performance?  bryantrv | 09/04/08
Boot performance important  djchandler | 09/04/08
Yer get something like-  morrigen | 09/05/08
Regulated OS Loading of Services and Startups  loren@... | 09/04/08
Too many applications want to run something at boot time.  CobraA1 | 09/04/08
All Excellent Points  MichP | 09/08/08
RE: How important is boot performance?  Jim Blaine - Bellingham WA. | 09/04/08
Conflating issues  Yagotta B. Kidding | 09/04/08
Notebooks  j.m.galvin | 09/04/08
Agree  AndyCee | 09/04/08
Overall it's not that important.  ye | 09/04/08
Give me runtime efficiency over a fast boot any time  wackoae | 09/04/08
Of course it is Important !  jpr75_z | 09/04/08
And another reason being-  morrigen | 09/05/08
I agree  Dick S | 09/08/08
RE: How important is boot performance?  Stan57 | 09/04/08
While I could respond to your first...  Cardinal_Bill | 09/04/08
Enterprise Feature  SuperSean | 09/04/08
Then they should use sleep instead of shutting down  PB_z | 09/04/08
It's amazing that-  morrigen | 09/05/08
???only 5 watts???  pard | 09/05/08
5 minute boot up  shawn_dude | 09/05/08
You think a five minute bootup is normal?  ye | 09/05/08
Its not uncommon for 5 minute boots  deaf_e_kate | 09/05/08
IOW it's not the OS which is slow. It's all the additional...  ye | 09/05/08
...had a similar experience.  storm14k | 09/05/08
RE: How important is boot performance?  morrigen | 09/05/08
Dang, Adrian, reboot time doesn't ...  OButterball | 09/05/08
Depends what you call boot time  jorjitop | 09/07/08
RE: How important is boot performance?  payton@... | 09/08/08
Boot performance is great, but...  gene_fitz@... | 09/08/08
you like fast booting?  A.Lizard | 09/08/08
RE: How important is boot performance?  257209 | 09/22/08

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