On Mar 6, 2:20 pm, "Edward K. Ream" <[email protected]> wrote:
> My point is not that we should force people to turn off their > computers. Much better to have computers turn themselves off and on > so that we basically don't notice. That's the sweet spot. Googling instant-on computers: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/27/the-race-to-instant-on-computers-begins/ http://www.familyfirst.com/instanton_computers_coming.html http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/magnetic-ram-to-power-instant-on-computers-in-2005-20030610/ This last is from 2005 (!) Clearly, the idea isn't new, but apparently there are complications that are not obvious. Still, most computers now have more than 1GB of ram. One of these days it *is* going to happen. I suspect that Linux is going to drive this trend. For example: http://www.webmasterworld.com/webmaster_hardware/3703774.htm And just a few days ago: http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/04/xandros-announces-presto-instant-on-linux-distro/ Edward --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" 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/leo-editor?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
