Re:Why Google Chrome OS has already won
by icefox on Friday November 20, 2009 @07:05PM
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3 second bootup time is not a game changer. After I got a mac and suspend just worked I never once thought about boot up time. When I am done I close the lid, it goes to sleep and suspends if I don't use it for several days and the battery is going to die. Then when I open the screen ... shocker it actually resumes, every time! I know coming from windows and linux this is amazing. Anyway the point is that with proper suspend/sleep boot time doesn't matter one bit
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That's true, but my nifty 13" Macbook Pro cost $1400 or so. Chrome devices are likely to be in an entirely different price range. Three second bootup there _is_ a game changer.
Maybe my choice of words was too strong, but it really is nice for those times when A) you completely run out of power B) you need to reboot after updates C) Decide to turn it off as many normal people do, even with Macs D) The first time you turn it on.
A) When a macbook is about to run out of power it suspends to disk. Then when you plug it in and turn it on it restores in seconds. I honestly don't understand why linux and windows laptops don't behave this way by default. Closing my linux laptop lid, having it go to sleep, run out of battery over the weekend and then just die loosing everything is stupid.
B) Yes I have to install mac updates. But that is a few times a year.... And the update takes longer then the boot so again the boot is moot.
C) I find closing the lid the normal way I 'shutdown'.
D) The first time I boot a new computer it doesn't actually boot up the desktop because it immediately prompts you for language, make a user, etc. So again booting the desktop doesn't matter in this case either.