Tag: boot
Samsung Series 9 Vs. MacBook Air Speed Tests: Boot & Wake From Sleep
The Samsung Series 9 notebook is a sleek and sexy new ultraportable that looks to compete with the MacBook Air in style, power and apparently in speed. Laptop Magazine put the two to a head to head challenge to see which notebook could boot faster, which is important to some users, but also to see which notebook [...]
MacBook Air Boot and Wake Times Compared to Windows Notebook and iPad
The MacBook Air promises to be one of the fastest booting systems available today. Wake from sleep is said to be nearly instantaneous. Laptop Magazine did a comparison between the new 11-inch MacBook Air and what they call one of the fastest Windows-based notebooks available, the Sony VAIO Z with Windows 7. They also throw [...]
Faster Boot Times on the Way for Notebooks — Bye Bye BIOS
If you’re disgusted with the length of time it takes your notebook to boot up in the morning you’ll be relieved to know that you’re not alone and people are working on a faster startup. Those people are part of the UEFI Forum which is working on a replacement for BIOS, that screen you see when you [...]
‘Restart Without Prompting for Password on Boot’ Option Would be Awesome
I’ve been wishing for this feature for quite some time. You know the routine: your notebook bugs you are needing to be restarted because updates have been installed, or perhaps you just want to restart it because it seems to be running slowly. You hit the restart button and walk away to use the bathroom [...]
Toshiba Cuts The Crap For a Faster Boot!
In addition to the touchscreens that Toshiba added to the new Satellite notebook lineup, will be launching with Windows 7, all of the notebooks in the Satellite lineup will also get a simplified desktop and boot up faster.
Introducing The One Second Boot Screen! (video)
When Xavier was at the Intel Developer Forum yesterday he had a chance to see a cool new bit of tech from Phoenix Technologies that makes booting your computer faster. How fast is it? Well in case you miss it in the video below the bios boot screen is visible for about a second and Windows 7 is running within 13 seconds…from a cold boot.
