Oh man, everytime I read your messages I keep thinking that gOS will only be for certain motherboards. I really hope not!!
On Dec 16, 5:34 pm, mahjongg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmm, no! I think you are mixing things up with the suspend to disk > mode that some laptops use, which allows you to put your Windows OS > "to sleep", then resume from that state after re-powering on. In that > case the whole "memory image" of the running Windows OS, plus the > state of all the peripherals and video memory is saved to disk, then > the system is either powered off, or turned into a low power mode. so > the peripherals (by peripherals I mean internal components like the > DMA engine, WiFi Adapter, Soundcard, and other system components) keep > their working state, and do not have to be initialized again when the > main power returns. In the low power mode however your battery will > drain in a few days, and even quicker when the main RAM contents is > also kept. However, If instead the power is fully turned off, RAM > contents are lost, and all the internal (register and internal RAM > based firmware) states of the peripheral chips too, so after the re- > boot Windows need to read a massive file from hard-disk with the > contents of the RAM, all the peripheral states and firmware, Video RAM > content etc etc. Then it restores the peripherals to their original > state and tries to continue as if nothing has happened. Its quicker > than completely booting again, but reading the large disk file takes > time (and before the hard-disk is ready for work, it needs to "spin- > up", and return to working order which alone can take 5 to 10 > seconds), then initialize all the peripherals to their original state > again, all this takes much more time than "booting" Cloud. Also, a > complex OS like windows must be restarted periodically, or it will > turn sluggish due to "memory losses and fragmentation" and other > problems, although XP is better than older Windows versions in this > respect, it is still advisable to reboot from time to time. > > Because gOS cloud is part of the BIOS it can allow the main Operating > System (either Windows, or another OS, like gOS 3 gadgets Linux) to > continue booting in the background. When the OS is ready for use, an > icon in the browser start page turns green, and you can click on it to > switch to the Main OS. And from the main OS you can also return to > Cloud (as if you are shutting down Windows). > It takes just as long for the main OS to load as normal, but in the > meantime you can browse the internet, check your e-mail etc. Or if you > just want to do a quick task that can be done in Cloud you can turn > off the system without actually running the Main OS, and tuning of > cloud is instantaneous. There is no "shutdown procedure", as in > Windows. > > On 16 dec, 17:52, klimpan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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. 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