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New Phoenix BIOS Starts Windows 7 Boot In 1 Second

Posted by timothy on from the nice-start dept.

suraj.sun excerpts from a tantalizing Engadget post: "Phoenix is showing off a few interesting things at IDF, but the real standout is their new Instant Boot BIOS [video here], a highly optimized UEFI implementation that can start loading an OS in just under a second. Combined with Windows 7's optimized startup procedure, that means you're looking at incredibly short boot times — we saw a retrofitted Dell Adamo hit the Windows desktop in 20 seconds, while a Lenovo T400s with a fast SSD got there in under 10."

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  1. I have an idea by eclectro · · Score: 3, Funny

    If they could get rid of the vacuum tubes, Windows could turn on instantly.

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  2. Very important by poptones · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's very important they minimize windows boot times because, you know, windows users have to reboot so frequently...

  3. Re:BIOS by gmack · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wonder when they will get around to to doing this on servers. I have some that are pushing 5 minutes before the OS even loads.

  4. Fast by Wowsers · · Score: 3, Funny

    Boot Windows in 1 second. That's got to be a record time in how frustrated people are with Windows that they want to put the boot into it THAT fast!

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  5. Re:It will also "start to boot" Linux in 1 Second! by AndrewNeo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey, now, nobody asked for a car analogy just yet!

  6. Re:BIOS by grub · · Score: 3, Funny

    You have a computer that's not doing anything?

    Weirdo!

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  7. Beeting by camperdave · · Score: 5, Funny

    From a helpdesk point of view, they'll suffer one heck of a beeting everytime it goes down...

    Arg! Support says the server's down again. Let's throw beets at them!

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    1. Re:Beeting by Tetsujin · · Score: 2, Funny

      From a helpdesk point of view, they'll suffer one heck of a beeting everytime it goes down...

      Arg! Support says the server's down again. Let's throw beets at them!

      Crap! They've retreated to higher ground, I can't throw a beet all the way up there! ...Maybe if I crouch for a few seconds until I start flashing, then I'll be able to jump up there! ...Aw, hell... I didn't hit them with the beet! I guess I'll just have to wait here until they throw something at me that I can grab and throw back at them.

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