But isn't gOS cloud suppose to have a feature that allow you to boot into windows without restarting the computer and loading the bios? Think I've heard that somewhere. In that case the whole bios is already loaded, the harddrives should already been checked and all that. Right?
On 16 Dec, 14:20, thegreyspot <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting, thanks for explaining that! > On Dec 16, 12:19 am, mahjongg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It's not a question of being "locked away", its a question of how it > > works. It works because its implemented as an extension of the BIOS, > > contained in a flash ROM, out of which it runs. It does not even have > > to wait for the harddisk to spin up (which can take several seconds), > > let alone does it need to load itself into memory. Also it does not > > have to do extensive device detection, because it is written for ONE > > specific hardware platform, it only needs to check the RAM, then turn > > on the video card, while it runs directly from FLASH. That is the only > > way to bring the "boot time" into the 6 to 8 seconds realm (currently > > the unoptimized version boots in about double that, but I think it > > can boot much faster than even that) I suspect it will be when > > finished, as Splashtop also takes about that amount of time to run > > too. If there will be a version that runs from say a small disk > > partition, the boot time will be much longer, as spinning up a hard- > > disk and loading the 500MB or so that is needed into RAM will take > > longer, but maybe with a solid state based device like a netbook it > > will be possible to boot almost as fast. > > > On 16 dec, 04:26, thegreyspot <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Completely agree. I know splashtop says it boots within 10 seconds or > > > so. Gos will take longer as far as I can tell. > > > > I am so excited for it to come out!! > > > > On Dec 15, 9:41 pm, Genjinaro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I hope not, that would suck. > > > > > Its bad enough others (Express Gate, Splashtop, etc.) are locked away > > > > like that. > > > > > On Dec 15, 9:10 pm, thegreyspot <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > So does that mean that it wont be available for most computer? Or just > > > > > for certain motherboards? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gOS Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/goslinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
