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| Thread ID: 104359 | 2009-10-25 03:21:00 | Instant-on OS for netbooks | somebody (208) | PC World Chat |
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| 824003 | 2009-10-25 03:21:00 | Does anyone have any experience with these, and if so, is there one you'd recommend? My "instant-on" solution at the moment is to simply put the netbook running W7 RC1 into sleep mode, instead of shutting it down. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 824004 | 2009-10-25 03:33:00 | Some form of Linux? | jwil1 (65) | ||
| 824005 | 2009-10-25 05:35:00 | Does anyone have any experience with these, and if so, is there one you'd recommend? My "instant-on" solution at the moment is to simply put the netbook running W7 RC1 into sleep mode, instead of shutting it down. I'm assuming instant would be within 5 seconds? |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 824006 | 2009-10-25 05:38:00 | I'm assuming instant would be within 5 seconds? Yup - something like: http://www.hyperspace.com/ |
somebody (208) | ||
| 824007 | 2009-10-25 08:01:00 | My "instant-on" solution at the moment is to simply put the netbook running W7 RC1 into sleep mode, instead of shutting it down. Same here :D (except it's XP, and it's shut down overnight). |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 824008 | 2009-10-25 08:11:00 | www.prestomypc.com Really good. Not 5 seconds, but its still fast(7 seconds) |
Blam (54) | ||
| 824009 | 2009-11-30 07:06:00 | I have recently installed Moblin (www.moblin.org) on my netbook, and love it - despite some technical difficulties caused by a dodgy SDHC card. It's very quick to boot up, very responsive, and has the key features I need. I would highly recommend it to anyone who predominantly uses their netbook for web browsing. Just a couple of notes: for some reason, they omitted SMB and NFTS support by default, which means if you want to access files on a windows network share, or browse a local hard drive that uses the NFTS filesystem, you will have to install additional software to make it work. For those without linux experience, this could be a bit off putting. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 824010 | 2009-11-30 17:27:00 | I'm hanging to try Chrome-OS on real hardware, it rocked in a VM. Good to know about Moblin, I'm hoping work will trade my 17" laptop for a nicer 10" UMD soon :D |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 824011 | 2009-11-30 20:35:00 | Yup - something like: http://www.hyperspace.com/ www.prestomypc.com I have recently installed Moblin (www.moblin.org) on my netbook. All of those sound a heck of a lot better than Chrome-OS, considering you have many more applications than just a web browser... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 824012 | 2009-12-01 01:31:00 | Just had look at the OS that was posted in #6:thumbs: prestomypc Google can keep its chrome OS - OK this one costs $19.95 USA - but IT WORKS on a standard desktop PC. I'm writing this reply now from it. Screenshot from camera (www.imagef1.net.nz(Large).JPG) -- Have not figured out if it has a print screen yet. PC= P4 3.0 , 80GB HDD, FX5200 GFX 1.5 GB RAM You get a dual boot option - then 9 seconds later - fully working program. + you have access to your other OS as well. Was reading on the site and you can install various programs - Main Drive (www.imagef1.net.nz(Large).JPG) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
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