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Startup Offers Instant-Boot Windows Alternative

Posted by Zonk on from the o-hai-dere dept.

Lucas123 writes "A Silicon Valley startup named Device VM has a product that circumvents the boot-up process, according to a story in MIT's Technology Review. Device VM recently released a tiny piece of software that gives users the option to boot either Windows or a faster, less-complex operating system called Splashtop. The company is partnering with PC OEMs and consumer electronics companies to integrate its core technology into desktops, notebooks, ultra-mobile PCs, and other devices."

7 of 286 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Warning to readers by AJWM · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Vibrant Media IntelliTxt"

    VoMIT, for short?

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    -- Alastair
  2. Re:and then what? by The+Ultimate+Fartkno · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, no, you're looking at this all wrong! This is SPLASHTOP, man! It's instant, it's hip, it's cool, it's edgy! This isn't your father's bootup, man! This is the future! It's Web 2.0 on RUBY RAILS! Don't believe me? Here's our commercial - would FALLOUT FUCKING BOY be in our commercial if this wasn't the way of tomorrow? For shizzle.

    Now, about that startup money we were mentioned earlier...

  3. Mod parent up by Malevolent+Tester · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think you just have to submit a press release as a story.

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  4. Re:Splashtop? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    In Japan, they call it Bukkaketop.

  5. Re:My desktop machine has been up 700hrs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    OMG. Does anyone know how to recover a stolen account? I had a really low uid too.

  6. Re:and then what? by no1nose · · Score: 5, Funny

    If your PC is "off"? I don't understand.

  7. Re:Warning to readers by linumax · · Score: 5, Funny

    Where exactly does the "o" come from? Um, from Your mOm?