____/ Linonut on Wednesday 23 April 2008 00:21 : \____
> * Roy Schestowitz peremptorily fired off this memo:
>
>> Linux Eee PC Far Faster Than Windows Version
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| Startup
>>| Linux: 30 seconds - Windows: 54 seconds
>>| Launching Firefox
>>| Linux: 4 seconds - Windows: 16 seconds
>>| Shutdown
>>| Linux: 6 seconds - Windows: 68 seconds
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/04/21/linux-eee-pc-far-faster-than-windows-version/
>
> You call that "News"? <grin>
Asustek has done some good work even before the Eee on fast bootup times. It
was contributed back (GPL), which is nice. Bear in mind that some people
report a bootup time of 5 minutes for Vista (I kid you not, I've seen in
several times), but it depends on the state of the software.
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