Instant on BIOS = Fast OS Boot Times

[Chris]

One of the neat features about most Lenovo Netbooks is the Splashtop operating system which boots in seconds and grants you access to common programs like email, skype, internet access etc. but what if you could just boot to your primary operating system in seconds instead? Well, Phoenix has a brand new technology which boots [...]

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I'm, unfortunately, a minute-man but otherwise don't live a flash life that needs a one second BIOS and ten second boot. I leave my computer on or in sleep all day for when I need it. Works great.

[ThisIsNot]

The only problem with that will be trying to access the BIOS settings (as you pointed out). It is already a pain to do so on my aged tablet PCs, my current netbooks, and my desktop. Each BIOS takes about 4 seconds to load (7 seconds on my tablets) and I often miss that little window when I can press F2, F4, or F5 (F2 for netbook, F4 for tablets, and F5 for desktop) to access BIOS settings. It is hard to get in there even when I am constantly hitting one of the Function keys.

However, faster BIOS boot times (and faster OS boot times) are always welcome. I remember back in the day when my computer that I purchased in 1997 would boot Windows 98 in 1 minute and 30 seconds. That was blazing fast as most other people were stuck waiting for 2-3 minutes. That was when 7200 RPM drives were new and I had an 8GB model in mine. It now takes my 8-core desktop about 26 seconds to boot Windows Vista, I am sure Windows 7 will load even faster.