APC - Tagged Articles - Boot time

BIOS flashing comes to Linux at last

Thu, 07 May 2009 05:19:37 GMT

No more dirty DOS bootdisks need touch your pristine Linux box, now that a new Linux app FlashROM is on the verge of release.

Intel wants laptops to boot in two seconds

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:01:05 GMT

Intel’s Moblin 2.0 platform could be well-named, with the chipmaker hoping its open source Linux OS will deliver a two second boot time.

Interesting Windows 7 nuggets emerge from Microsoft

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:16:07 GMT

A dig around in some of Microsoft's technical forums has uncovered some interesting facts about additional Windows 7 features and tweaks that will make user's lives easier.

Windows 7 to get ‘instant on’ mode?

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:08:17 GMT

Microsoft is considering giving Windows users near-instant access to Web browsing, VoIP, video IM chat and multimedia playback without waiting for the entire OS to load.

15 second boot times in Windows 7: Microsoft

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:19:27 GMT

Microsoft wants to dramatically improve boot times in Windows 7 after admitting that Vista has failed to meet its goal of providing high-speed booting for the majority of PCs.