cold start took more than two minutes (Mossberg)

[Scot Hacker]

On Apr 5, 2007, at 9:58 AM, Jim Witte wrote:

>   Sigh - how fast could computers start up if software engineers  
> *really* tightened up the startup process?

Those of us who lived through the BeOS glory days still fondly  
remember 15-second cold boot times (to full  OS readiness) on mid- 
grade x86 hardware seven years ago. So the answer to  your question  
is "a lot."

But I also wouldn't  be surprised if BeOS boot  times would have   
slowed down as the OS evolved over  time.

./s

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