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

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  1. Congay

    Congay Registered User

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

    New PCs could start in just seconds, thanks to an update to one of the oldest parts of desktop computers.

    The upgrade will spell the end for the 25-year-old PC start-up software known as Bios that initialises a machine so its operating system can get going.


    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11430069
    Congay, Oct 1, 2010
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  3. Conway

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    About time tbh :up:
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  4. hummel

    hummel Fucking imbecile

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    Have a quick boot function on mine anyways, takes 5 seconds total.
    hummel, Oct 1, 2010
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    What's that?

    Was buzzing when computers actually became remotely fast a few years back.
    Rossy, Oct 1, 2010
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    My laptop boots in about a minute, not bad for a five year old iBook g4.
    adam., Oct 2, 2010
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    nowt like mac name dropping like wardle :lol:
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  8. adam.

    adam. kthxbi

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    If it was a Dell I still would have said it mate :wink:
    adam., Oct 2, 2010
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    Granty 38°52′48″N 1°23′30″E

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    Tbf, the PowerMac G5 we have boots in about 45secs, but that's 'cos all our software/files are stored on a secondary hard drive and only the operating system and some applications run off the primary drive.
    Granty, Oct 2, 2010
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  10. N.C.

    N.C. ............?

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    Basically its a cut down version of windows boot up, you could do it your self on windows95/Me/Xp if you know what you were doing but it just became standard on newer laptops computers to give the impression the computer is fast.

    It does it by removing most of the script/checks windows does while booting up.
    N.C., Oct 2, 2010
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  11. Congay

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    Mines fast too now with W7 but as is mentioned its more about the computer seeing what devices it has rather than speed booting, i think the speed thing is just to grab headlines...

    With this Solid State Drives we are going to have some bad ass machines in 2011
    Congay, Oct 2, 2010
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