Asus, Lenovo both employ "Splashtop" which does this.
And a lot of machines have quick startups from hibernate/suspend modes, so the "bloated OS" really may not bother people as much as people think it is - when is the last time you rebooted your machine?
Plus, people may use those email clients such as outlook and what not for more than just their email - eg. syncing with windows mobile.
Also, if you cover both bases properly, you will know a good / bad idea when you see one.
Let your skills (and thinking) stray too far / out of date, and you might just turn into a PHB.
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There is a BBC4 and a Channel 4 - some of us outside the UK get them confused / occasionally lump them into 1 channel for shows we watch from the UK.
Asus, Lenovo both employ "Splashtop" which does this. And a lot of machines have quick startups from hibernate/suspend modes, so the "bloated OS" really may not bother people as much as people think it is - when is the last time you rebooted your machine? Plus, people may use those email clients such as outlook and what not for more than just their email - eg. syncing with windows mobile.
Also, if you cover both bases properly, you will know a good / bad idea when you see one. Let your skills (and thinking) stray too far / out of date, and you might just turn into a PHB.
Atleast they admitted that they weren't going to go jump on it first and tack it on to some game where it makes no sense.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGXavXZwRcg From the IT crowd (BBC) - an anti piracy ad. Except its for films. yet its a better video.