Monday, November 5th 2007
Phoenix Planning to Bypass Windows
Phoenix Technologies, a company well-known for providing the BIOSes used by numerous motherboard manufacturers, is planning a new technology which could allow users to bypass Windows when launching regularly used applications. Known as HyperSpace, Phoenix wants to give users the ability to load software such as email clients, web browsers and media players without the need to first load Windows - this means the programs load almost instantly, saving the user quite a bit of time if they're in a hurry. The company eventually sees the potential for companies like Dell and Lenovo to ship PCs with a range of software from word processors to instant messaging pre-loaded so that they can be launched via HyperSpace with Windows only being required for the more complex applications and multitasking. This technology could also see a dramatic increase in battery life - when running using HyperSpace, some programs will use just half the power compared to when they are launched in Windows. Woody Hobbs, CEO of Phoenix Technologies, said the following:
Source:
Wired News
As Windows gets more and more complex, we've seen startup times get longer and longer. If I go to the airport and try to connect to a Wi-Fi network, I'm waiting for five minutes just to connect. That's ridiculous - people usually just give up and use their cell phones or PDAs.
42 Comments on Phoenix Planning to Bypass Windows
that aside .. i think ASUS has this already.
This is going to be more like the linux server bios chip but better, I guess?
I have one of the linux bios replacement and they are really fast i can even run music on them
there good see this video www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWzB-tUwDLc
But seriously this article is somewhat biased and untrue. For me it only takes about 3 minutes at the maximum to load Windows. The computer isnt necessarily bloated then just by Windows it is also bloated by users software programs that they loadf in there and the more there is the longer the load times. I do agree though, this would be a great feature for everyone to have but again I can guarantee you that as long as your computer isnt overflowed with all kinds of software then it will only take maybe 3 minutes maximum for it to load. It used to load even faster when I first got my laptop, before I started loading all of my files onto it. So users are just as responsible as Windows is at slow load times and like jlarpi said as technology evolves and gets faster so will the load times:toast:
Peace out,
Signed Effmaster
MS makes the same. You can burn almost anything that MS has made to a CD and run it that away. Nothing but basic drivers or you can preload your own and burn it. Windows PE with OOBE configurator.
With this we have just stepped back to the year 1993. Just get more RAM, put your system in to hibernate and about 20 seconds later you have anything available again. Modern board support hibernate to RAM and many new laptops also do. And the last I checked the battery life using such was about 30 days on a full charge.
This is a BASIC operating system that loads simple drivers to execute simple operations. HP and MANY others have been building things like this into some of their laptops for years and quite frankly it's just not that cool.
Who the hell turns their desktop off and WHY?
average power draw of 100W: $135.78/year
average power draw of 150W: $203.67/year
average power draw of 250W: $339.45/year
average power draw of 350W: $475.23/year
quite frankly that's just not that much money. I'd rather avoid the stress hard drives endure during spin up/down, and a solid Windows PC with enough RAM performs best overall after it's been up for a few days anyway.
plus, you should be folding :D