Cutting the computer start time

It may only take a few minutes for a computer to boot up, but apparently that is far too long for some folks in our fast-paced society. In the next few months, the big PC makers plan to introduce a new generation of quick-start computers they hope will provide a fresh marketing opportunity.

It's ridiculous to ask people to wait a couple of minutes, Sergei Krupenin, executive director of marketing of DeviceVM, told the New York Times. Krupenin's company makes a quick-boot program for PC makers. Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Lenovo will be unveiling machines that give users access to basic functions like e-mail and a web browser in 30 seconds or less.

Asus, a Taiwanese company that is the world's largest maker of the circuit boards used in almost every PC, has begun building faster-booting software into its entire product line. Microsoft also has promised to speed up things in the next version of the operating system.

For more on the quick boot:
- see the New York Times article

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