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Why the obsession over boot times?

I shudder to think how many millions of dollars are being spent to shave seconds off something I do MAYBE once a month and I'm sure I'm not alone in my reboot frequency. Microsoft made the default power button a hybrid sleep button and all laptops I've used go to sleep when you shut the lid so boot times simply don't matter that much any more.

I can't think of anything more ridiculous than a "boot drag race". I can just picture a smoky room full of Microsoft engineers all turning on their computers at the same time and 15 seconds later, one of them jumps up and yells BINGO!!!

Posted by: NonZealot   Posted on: 11/05/08  (Edited: 11/05/2008 @ 10:34) You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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