Microsoft Considers "Instant On" Windows

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Microsoft Considers "Instant On" Windows

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 16, 2008 @05:18AM from the catch-up dept.

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."

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Instant on UI by rlp · 2008-10-16 05:22 · Score: 5, Funny

The UI for the new "Instant-On Windows" is a black screen with the text "C:\>".

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1. Re:Instant on UI by mangu · 2008-10-16 05:57 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  How cute, an emoticon of a frowning bald guy with a goatee! What does it mean?
2. Re:Instant on UI by elrous0 · 2008-10-16 05:58 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  And if you choose A, you'll get three pop-ups:
  "Are you sure you want to boot to application? Yes/No"
  "Windows needs your permission to use this program: Windows. If you do not trust the source do not use this program. This program can potentially harm your computer. Allow/Cancel"
  "Confirm boot-up to Windows: Yes/No"
  
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3. Re:Instant on UI by kimvette · 2008-10-16 06:19 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  How cute, an emoticon of a frowning bald guy with a goatee! What does it mean?
  Maybe it means Steve Ballmer grew a goatee?
  
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Re:My opinion by jollyreaper · 2008-10-16 05:25 · Score: 5, Funny

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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Re:Finally some progress... by Goldberg's+Pants · 2008-10-16 05:28 · Score: 4, Funny

No, the Blue Screen is the "Instant Off" feature.
Re:Uptime... by thewils · 2008-10-16 05:31 · Score: 5, Funny

System Up Time: 0 Days, 21 Hours, 32 Minutes, 58 Seconds

Why does anybody turn their notebooks off?
Windows Update :( Not "off" but restart.

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Re:If you wanted an uptime contest... by thewils · 2008-10-16 05:45 · Score: 4, Funny

FreeBSD box :) up 465 days, 1:48, 1 user, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

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Re:Why give an option? by OglinTatas · 2008-10-16 05:52 · Score: 4, Funny

"...because they're copying the way others are currently doing it."
because they're innovating the way others are currently doing it.

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Re:Mod parent down by FeepingCreature · 2008-10-16 05:53 · Score: 3, Funny

Yeah right.
Re:If you wanted an uptime contest... by Trashman · 2008-10-16 05:54 · Score: 3, Funny

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

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Green for Windows Verde, then brown for ... by zooblethorpe · 2008-10-16 06:03 · Score: 5, Funny

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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Re:If you wanted an uptime contest... by butalearner · 2008-10-16 06:06 · Score: 5, Funny

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!
Re:My opinion by Anonymous Coward · 2008-10-16 06:11 · Score: 5, Funny

"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.
Re:If you wanted an uptime contest... by larry+bagina · 2008-10-16 06:20 · Score: 5, Funny

I'd tell you my OpenVMS uptime but it would be awkward and uncomfortable to see you cry.

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Debunked for years. by Anonymous Coward · 2008-10-16 06:26 · Score: 3, Funny

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.
Re:If you wanted an uptime contest... by Trashman · 2008-10-16 06:31 · Score: 4, Funny

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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Re:If you wanted an uptime contest... by iminplaya · 2008-10-16 07:22 · Score: 3, Funny

Wow! Has Vista been out that long already? Man, time flies....

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priorities by Tom · 2008-10-16 07:27 · Score: 3, Funny

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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Re:If you wanted an uptime contest... by geekoid · 2008-10-16 09:12 · Score: 4, Funny

I can't whip it out AND be close enough to the keyboard to type.

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