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My dad read some article in BusinessWeek about how running a second operating system (Linux, for example) can speed bootup times. Before I knew it he had me loading Ubuntu on this laptop he found somewhere and setting it up so that it recognized the ghetto network adapter he got off craigslist. Happy Birthday Mom!

EDIT: The much anticipated link: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/conte...62064169350.htm

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Speed up booting times? What the heck.

How? Link to article?
 
DS1
[quote name='Revolutionize' post='2510370' date='Jan 4 2010, 08:15 PM']Speed up booting times? What the heck.

How? Link to article?[/quote]


[quote name='PettingZoo' post='2510427' date='Jan 4 2010, 08:40 PM']How does it speed up boot times? I also would like a link and explanation.[/quote]

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/conte...62064169350.htm

[quote name='dudeonline' post='2510430' date='Jan 4 2010, 08:42 PM']You're like the diet coke of nerd.

Just 10 calories...not nerdy enough.[/quote]

Hahaha, incidentally while I was doing all that business I drank my first Coke in years. I'm like, "this is gonna give me super computer guy powers, right?!" Turns out that's Mountain Dew.
 
raulpica
Well, it doesn't say anywhere that it speeds up boot times.

You will just have another OS which boots faster than Windows.

[quote name='link']Windows took over the desktop and loaded at its usual leisurely pace. In other words, HyperSpace doesn't eliminate the wait, it just delays it.[/quote]

...Just as every OS dual-booting. Windows will still be slow as usual :P
 
DS1
[quote name='raulpica' post='2511733' date='Jan 5 2010, 02:05 PM']Well, it doesn't say anywhere that it speeds up boot times.

You will just have another OS which boots faster than Windows.

[quote name='link']Windows took over the desktop and loaded at its usual leisurely pace. In other words, HyperSpace doesn't eliminate the wait, it just delays it.[/quote]

...Just as every OS dual-booting. Windows will still be slow as usual :P
[/quote]

Shhhh.... don't tell my parents!
 
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durrr i are nerd 2+2=4
geek response solid state drive improves loading times of both games and os
 

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