Posted on 10/09/2006 2:30:37 AM PDT by familyop
Well maybe a bit of both.
What was the definition of insanity again?
Reboots on a clean reg, with minimal autostart options actually take very little time. Mine is up from power off, in about 60 seconds.
A desperate repackaging of Windows 98, when there was no really new product to sell. It incorporated the improvements from 98SE and added ermine mudflaps and a GT Racing Stripe.
In short, vaporware.
I do think it may have had a forerunner of the RESTORE function, and if I had all afternoon to wait for the fossil "Byte Me" laptop to boot, I would look for you..hahaha.
My corporate laptop requires closer to 5 mins to boot - If I save 9 x 5 mins on 9 successive reboots and crash on the 10th I'm still ahead of the game. "Instant boot" hybrid drives are coming - it's been a holy grail for the industry for a very long time - I'd welcome it that's for sure.
Yes,ME does have the system restore and it has saved me when a new update or software crashes the machine.
As a home user it has served well enough for FR,ebay,downloading reference books,etc.
By the way I also have an NT laptop I forgot the password for and still trying to remember so not to lose whatever is on it.
Have a ME laptop somewhere too.
And XP home and Pro,also some 95 and 98 for running a machine controller that doesn't need any complications.
Damn it, they should quit making ignition keys for cars too. I should be able to steal anything I want any time I want.
Maybe you could convince your company to buy you one of these if boot times are such a big concern:
Sony VGN-UX90SP - $2499(+$85 Shipping to North America $85 to Europe) - The SP features a 16GB High Speed Flash Drive. This means the UX90SP has instantaneous start up and applications launch 3-6 times faster! This amazing computer comes with a 1.2GHz Pentium Core Solo CPU (2MB L2 Cache), 802.11 a/b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, 4.5 Clear Black XGA (1024x600) LCD, 512MB RAM on board, Windows XP Pro English, and an ENGLISH KEYBOARD!
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