Sometimes you don't need any real innovation... you just want stuff to work.. Information dripping down from the PDC 2008 about the promise that Windows 7 will offer:
- Faster start menu, instant response of the task bar, boot time is faster and overall more responsive
- Reduced memory footprint, reduced disk I/O
- Substantially improved battery life
... and if also instant on/off (stand-by) is added to this list I really look forward to the RTM release....
Why is this all so important? We are more and more on the move, meeting in, meeting out... on a flight, working from home... we are just more mobile... all you want to carry around is a light notebook/netbook that goes on instantly, is easy on the battery and is silent..
Can't you MS guys put the above stuff already in a Vista SP2?
3 comments
sarahintampa
28 October, 2008 22:35
I'm excited, too! :)
André van de Graaf
03 November, 2008 20:36
Yes, it would be great, but for Vista they promised the same. The WYSIWYG principle applies for this. Promises are nice but i can't wait till they are reality.
Anonymous
06 December, 2008 04:28
But this already exists with Ubuntu! I'm installing it right now on a netbook (Eee PC 1000) to give to my sister. :)
There are some custom modifications for netbooks with solid state hard drives to make them last as long as possible and also feel a little faster than usual:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EeePC
Linux on the solid state hard drive boots very fast. It seems to be nice and responsive so far, even though the processor is only a little Intel atom. I like it!
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