Re: fruits of Bill Gates labor worth $50 billion.

From: Ziana Astralos (ziana@extrotech.net)
Date: Sat Nov 16 2002 - 12:25:35 MST

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(11/15/2002 23:07) spike66 <spike66@attbi.com> wrote:
> ...
> Can someone explain to me why, on a 2 GHz computer,
> it *still* takes over a minute to boot? In those
> 100 billllllion clock cycles, please someone tell
> me exactly what the hellllll is going on in that
> operating system?
> ...

I don't know specifically why some take so much longer than others,
but it's affected by many factors. I have, however, personally seen
Dell 1.8 GHz systems boot Windows XP Pro consistently in 15-20 seconds.
Still not 'instant-on', but better than two minutes. ~shrug~

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