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Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by asserttrue5 on Thursday December 19, 2019 @01:16AM (#21832429)
You need really good firmware and storage to actually see this. Otherwise it’s 25s in firmware and 35s to load the OS. If you have a LOT of RAM, that’ll slow things down as a single thread inits all the pages.
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Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by yen223 on Thursday December 19, 2019 @01:56AM (#21832640)
I definitely recall back in the late 90's boot times that lasted minutes were the norm, not the exception.
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