Thought about speeding up startup...

[janne]

tor 2004-10-21 klockan 23:08 -0400 skrev Michael S. Jessop:
> Even tho' I was part of the speed-up discussion, I wonder why I/we
> am/are so obsessed with startup times.  I mean, I always get a thrill
> when my BeOS machine starts (on older hardware) faster than anything
> else I have running on more modern, faster equipment.  But why?  :)
> Isn't it kind of weird?  I mean, what is 30 to 40 or even 180 seconds
> out of your day (if you boot daily - which I do not, my machines are
> always on).

For me, at least, it becomes an issue every single time I pick up my
laptop. Letting your machine boot up in the morning while you're off
getting a mug of coffee is of course no problem, but it is a pain when
you decide not to pick up the laptop in the waiting are for ten minutes,
simply because you don't want the 60 second boot up and 30 second
shutdown time.

Of course, once we have reliable suspend working everywhere this will be
a moot point - but today, it is flaky on some machines, and nonworkable
on most others. Shutting down and rebooting is the only feasible option
in many cases.


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