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Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by IggleSniggle on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @10:52AM (#22366543)
...I'm a little confused. My computer still flashes the motherboard manufacturer until the fans are all assessed and then the windows logo.

And while my connection is fast, it's a lot less reliable than the one I had 20 years ago, with about three 15-minute disconnects per day on average (although that has more to do with the general shit-quality of the Comcast monopoly than anything else).

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Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by nineteen999 on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @05:27AM (#22412129)
Desktop machines may POST at a reasonable speed, but enterprise servers are still damn slow to start. Whether its the HP servers we deployed a few years back, or the more recent UCS servers we are building our new platform on, it takes ages for them to get to booting the OS (ESXi).
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Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by wazanator on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @11:07AM (#22366738)
Check bios settings a lot of them let you configure that time. Worth keeping for a few seconds so you can hit the appropriate key to access bios again but can certainly turn it down.
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Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by jedberg on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @01:03PM (#22368162)
But why do you turn the computer off? Thirty years ago the computer didn't have sleep. So it took a ton of power to have it sit on for no reason.

I only reboot my machine for security updates now.

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Re:Almost everything on computers is perceptually slower tha... by IggleSniggle on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @05:58PM (#22371021)
Now I find that I often come to my computer and it has been turned off for me, due to frequent updates.

20 years ago, I would turn off the monitor to avoid burn-in, but typically just kept the computer on.

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