Change to 'Bios' will make for PCs that boot in seconds

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  1. doctorie

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    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11430069

     
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    I want this so badly.
     
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    Honestly, my already short boot times don't bother me. However, overhauling the I/O structure would be so damn welcome overall ;P
     
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    About damn time...
     
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    Its been going on for years!! Lots of PCs already have it.

    BBC News though, YEAH!
     
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    Never heard anything about this o_o

    Very bad ass though.
     
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  8. EniGmA1987

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    VERY misleading. This is the bios initialization that will only take a couple seconds. Sure thats a 100% improvement or so, but it still only takes 4-5 seconds to boot up now anyway. What you all are sad about with boot times is the Operating System boot time, not the bios boot time.
     
    EniGmA1987, Oct 4, 2010
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    That's why SSD's were invented. :D
     
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  10. EF2

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    lol yeah this is old news. Like 2005-6 old. BBC FTW
     
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