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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. in 10 seconds... by Adolf+Hitroll · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...you can learn WHY you don't want that piece of crap on your pc anyway...

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    Smile, don't click...
  2. Re:Awesome! by Kokuyo · · Score: 0, Troll

    Have you ever actually used Windows 7?

  3. Re:Boot logo is nice but? by Kokuyo · · Score: 0, Troll

    Watch the video.

  4. Re:Awesome! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Trolled

  5. Lipstick on a Pig by curmudgeon99 · · Score: 0, Troll

    As the saying goes, you can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a pig.
    So, this means you get that much faster to the crap Windows OS. I am so happy that my company switched to Macs for all developers and that at home I have another Mac.
    Windows is still Windows and so it doesn't matter how fast it boots.