- Instant on
In
computers , instant on is the goal of being able to boot nearly instantaneously. Techniques being developed often involve magnetic RAM or deepsleep mode technologies. Fact|date=February 2007Instant on software and use
For Laptops instant on technology is useful, because you can boot up one program instead of the entire operating system. One example of an instant on program is CyberLink PowerCinema.
[http://www.dell.com Dell Computer Corporation] announced on 13 August 2008 that they would support "instant on" in their Latitude line of laptops, leveraging "a dedicated low-voltage sub-processor and OS that can enable multi-day battery life and which provides "near-instant access to e-mail, calendar, attachments, contacts and the Web without booting into the system’s main operating system (OS)... [cite news | first=Mike | last=Elgin | title= Dell targets 19-hour laptop at 'digital nomads' | date=
Autust 15 ,2008 | publisher=Computer World | url=http://blogs.computerworld.com/dell_targets_19_hour_laptop_at_digital_nomads ] " This OS will be running a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux Linux] variant [cite news | first=Adrian | last=Kingsley-Hughes | title= Are “instant on” notebooks the future? | date=Autust 13 ,2008 | publisher=ZDNet | url=http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=2400 ] .External links
* [http://www.cyberlink.com/eng/press_room/view_747.html CyberLink PowerCinema]
* [http://www.deviceforge.com/news/NS2524495005.html Phoenix adds "instant-on" PDA-mode to laptops]References
* [http://blogs.computerworld.com/dell_targets_19_hour_laptop_at_digital_nomads Dell targets 19-hour laptop at 'digital nomads']
* [http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=2400 Are “instant on” notebooks the future?]
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