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Microsoft Considers "Instant On" Windows
Barence writes "In what might be a glimpse of things to come in Windows 7, Microsoft is asking customers whether they would be interested in a new 'Instant-on' version of Windows. 'We would like your feedback on a new concept,' the Microsoft survey states. 'The Instant On experience is different from "Full Windows" because it limits what activities you can do and what applications you can have access to.' Sounds interesting but hardly new: Asus and Dell have produced laptops that provide swift access to apps and data using Linux subsystems."
Now it doesn't even have to boot to bluescreen?
The UI for the new "Instant-On Windows" is a black screen with the text "C:\>".
[Insert pithy quote here]
MS finally got around to complementing their Instant Off feature!
Kudos to them!
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In all honesty, I love the multiple minutes it takes to bring up windows now. Instant on would be a detriment.
Oh my God, the fucking Comcast turtle posts to Slashdot.
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"...it limits what activities you can do and what applications you can have access to..."
Sort of like Vista, eh?
[hit 'submit' before changing my mind...]
I might know what I'm talkin' about, but then again, this is Slashdot...
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Windows Update :( Not "off" but restart.
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Mod parent up!
FreeBSD box :) up 465 days, 1:48, 1 user, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
Once I was a four stone apology. Now I am two separate gorillas.
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"...because they're copying the way others are currently doing it."
because they're innovating the way others are currently doing it.
More music, fewer hits
Yeah right.
FreeBSD box :) up 465 days, 1:48, 1 user, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
Bah, HPUX 11.0:
2:00pm up 613 days, 19:43, 17 users, load average: 0.19, 0.19, 0.19
Do not read this
I see your FreeBSD and raise you, um . . . FreeBSD
su-2.05$ uptime
10:57AM up 737 days, 1:11, 11 users, load averages: 0.01, 0.07, 0.07
Presumably the box and ads would be green, too? Then maybe they could have a color-coded release scheme, instead of the letters and numbers used to date. A green campaign for Windows Verde, followed by a brown campaign for the upgrade to Windows Merde! :D
Cheers,
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"A four-foot prune."
I see your FreeBSD and raise you, um . . . FreeBSD
su-2.05$ uptime 10:57AM up 737 days, 1:11, 11 users, load averages: 0.01, 0.07, 0.07
You guys are all weak. Windows Vista Ultimate:
11:03:42 up 1010 days, 8:11, 1 user, load average: 0.99, 0.99, 0.99
I'm almost completely booted up now!
Bah, Suse ES10 2:06pm up 642 days 20:26, 3 users, load average: 0.30, 0.22, 0.18 :)
"Instant On" Would be the worst thing EVER!!!
Windows is a great excuse to get up, get some coffee or tea, and spend the first 15 minutes of your day doing NOTHING.
I'd tell you my OpenVMS uptime but it would be awkward and uncomfortable to see you cry.
Do you even lift?
These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.
I knew a guy that was so proud of the uptime of one of his servers that he actually used a battery backup and a cart to move the thing when he had to move it as part of a remodel. I don't remember the exact number of days but he was into the year+ range as well.
You are using English. Please learn the difference between loose and lose; they're, there, and their; your and you're.
I'd say you were beating a dead horse, but the horse has so completely decomposed, even the skeleton has been ground to dust and blown away. You're beating the ground where the dead horse used to be.
CentOS Server: up 1071 days, 10:29, 2 users, load average: 0.07, 0.11, 0.69
I'd tell you my OpenVMS uptime but it would be awkward and uncomfortable to see you cry.
Slashdot: Where uptime is considered the equivalent of your penis size. :-)
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Me, for one. Even new, my laptop took at least 5 minutes to load it up. My work computers are cluttered with stuff the IT guy put on it and usually has to restart at least once during the boot process.
Has to reboot at least once during the boot process? So you're saying you never reach the desktop?
Kwisatz Haderach
Sell the spice to CHOAM
This Mahdi took Shaddam's Throne
Yeah, now in every update pack only 2 out of 10 updates require restart.
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Wow! Has Vista been out that long already? Man, time flies....
What?
It's good to hear that Microsoft is looking into "instant on" technology. It would be a good complement to their "instant stop" technology.
If "disco" means "I learn" in Latin, does "discothèque" mean "I learn technology"?
I want instant on for my own body. Saves a cup of coffee in the morning.
Do not trust this signature.
You have installed a new 'Instant On'(tm) aware application. Do you want to reboot in order for the change to take effect?
[Reboot Now] [Remind me every 2 minutes] [Go away but reboot without another warning in rand(5,10) minutes]
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You're off by one letter
1,$s/V/M/
Grab your French dictionaries for that one, folks, and laugh.
Windows Merde!
You guys don't read much, Microsoft couldn't sabotage anything!
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I can't whip it out AND be close enough to the keyboard to type.
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What are these "users" doing posting on Slashdot? BBC Weather is that way --> :)
Are you kidding? I'd rather write in Brainfsck. Seriously, my boss makes me write in VBScript because it's the only language he's had experience with.
I'm currently trying to find someone in Gitmo who is willing to trade places with me, but so far, they'd all rather stay in there than use VBScript...
At login, Vista is ready to rock-and-roll. (If you are sneaky, you can full Vista into loading executables from the login screen.)