{"id":212,"date":"2008-11-19T00:01:42","date_gmt":"2008-11-19T08:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?p=212"},"modified":"2008-11-19T11:51:58","modified_gmt":"2008-11-19T19:51:58","slug":"boot-vista-in-4-seconds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/?p=212","title":{"rendered":"Boot Vista in 4 Seconds"},"content":{"rendered":"

There is no reason that computers take so long to start. In fact, the only reason it takes up to a minute (or longer) to start Windows Vista is because having a faster boot time is not a priority for Microsoft. It should be, as the ASRock Instant Boot program proves.
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\nThis article<\/a> describes the ASRock program, as well as links to a humorous video showing the program in action. The point is made: using available technology, it’s possible to start Windows Vista in 4 seconds \u2014 or less<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The fellow in the video does make an interesting and completely valid point: The reason so many people, myself included, leave their computers on 24 hours a day is quick access. I detest waiting for a PC to boot. That’s the only reason I leave my computers on all the time.<\/p>\n

Back in the old days, I would power on my PC whenever I needed it, then I’d turn it off when I was done. The boot sequence on the original IBM PC (I bought it used) went, “honk-honk, beep!” The honk-honk was the 5 1\/4-inch floppy drive (full height) being initialized. The beep was the BIOS telling me that the computer passed its Power-On Self Test (POST). After a few clunks of the floppy drive head, DOS appeared on the screen and asked me to type in the date and time. (PCs back then lacked an internal clock.)<\/p>\n

Once the PC was on, I was busy. It took DOS 5 and Windows\/386 for me to desire to leave the computers on all the time. The issue was time; my time was being wasted by an intolerably slow boot process, and that’s still the issue today with my computers.<\/p>\n

I would favor using a program like ASRock Instant Boot just to save electricity alone. Honestly, I do pay higher rates from leaving the PCs on all the time. Now if only Microsoft could realize how important fast boot times are, perhaps the entire planet could save some energy as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There is no reason that computers take so long to start. In fact, the only reason it takes up to a minute (or longer) to start Windows Vista is because having a faster boot time is not a priority for Microsoft. It should be, as the ASRock Instant Boot program proves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wambooli.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}