New BIOS boots to full, working operating system - before loading Windows (Phoenix Tech, #1 BIOS maker) | |
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falldown (OP) User ID: 520470 United States 05/15/2009 01:47 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: New BIOS boots to full, working operating system - before loading Windows (Phoenix Tech, #1 BIOS maker) After a long while the opportunity to upgrade my system arose. I went with an i7 on an ASUS P6T Deluxe motherboard. I could not be happier with this computer. Now to the point the P6T board has exactly this. Honestly, this was the first thing I disabled in the BIOS. Now I have Windows 7 but built the system as an X86 Vista computer. An imbedded OS that allows for IM and limited browsing does not help me play Crysis. By the way did I mention that choosing the i7 was fantastic? Folks it is a quad core but in operation it has 8 virtual cores. 8 cpu’s show up in the device manager and with the triple channel DDR3 memory I found out I could under clock the whole thing down to 1.5GHz and not even notice that fact during operation. Hitting 4GHz on air the other day was also a fantastic computer moment for me too. All in all the only way to get more real speed now would be to get some SSD's (and I might do just that?)! Quoting: Cranky 586322Hmm...well, you can still install Windows and play that game, you don't lose functionality. However, if all you need to do is hop online or punch up a report or something, it would be nice to turn on the computer and run, not boot...and wait...and wait...especially with a processor with I7 specs. Just turn it on and a few seconds later, if that, go to work. In a sense, this would work out well for many people. You want/need the Windows OS for something specific, and don't mind paying the additional bit to have it (preinstalled or purchased with a homemade system). I, on the other hand, don't want or need it, so it would be nice to not pay the Microsoft tax...and have the system boot faster. ~ ~ "He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words." ~Elbert Hubbard |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 679537 United Kingdom 05/15/2009 02:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: New BIOS boots to full, working operating system - before loading Windows (Phoenix Tech, #1 BIOS maker) Great find. I have often wondered how long it would be before hardware manufacturers would wake up to this idea. It took then long enough to figure out the idea of cheap Netbooks. I have run Virtual PC in the days before Microsoft bought it from Connectrix. I introduced Virtual Server 2005 at my company as soon as it came out. Virtualisation and the Hypervisor is the future, a slimmed down O/S designed exactly for the hardware, which can perform basic tasks is the future. All manufacturers need to do is agree on standardising Linux (it's biggest downfall!) Window 7 and it's followers will only be used for high end systems and businesses. Microsoft have built a monster in (bloated) Vista, it could well be their demise, if they don't do an "XP embedded" type O/S! WinCE has always been crap. "Piss on Microsoft!" LOL |
falldown (OP) User ID: 520470 United States 05/15/2009 02:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: New BIOS boots to full, working operating system - before loading Windows (Phoenix Tech, #1 BIOS maker) Great find. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 679537I have often wondered how long it would be before hardware manufacturers would wake up to this idea. It took then long enough to figure out the idea of cheap Netbooks. I have run Virtual PC in the days before Microsoft bought it from Connectrix. I introduced Virtual Server 2005 at my company as soon as it came out. Virtualisation and the Hypervisor is the future, a slimmed down O/S designed exactly for the hardware, which can perform basic tasks is the future. All manufacturers need to do is agree on standardising Linux (it's biggest downfall!) Window 7 and it's followers will only be used for high end systems and businesses. Microsoft have built a monster in (bloated) Vista, it could well be their demise, if they don't do an "XP embedded" type O/S! WinCE has always been crap. "Piss on Microsoft!" LOL Of course, the problem with MS copycatting this move is that the Linux version can include applications like OpenOffice, Gimp, and other really useful software, and it would be painful for MS to either try and compete with some version of MS Works, or a slimmed-down MS Office...and they don't really have a viable answer to other applications without buying up a bunch of companies and giving away the software at a competitive level. This really is a nightmare scenario for MS...their only real option is to try and destroy Phoenix's marketshare, but then they risk destroying their own...or somehow coerce Phoenix into benching the idea. With the potential for Phoenix to move from BIOS maker to major player (by creating a huge Linux market based on their own choice of distribution) I'm sure MS will pull out the legal team (and proxies) and try to hit Phoenix with monopoly concerns. Pretty much MS's only real leverage is their ties to congress. As you said, most people knew a day like this would arrive, it's amazing it hasn't happened sooner, but it will be interesting watching this play out. ~ ~ "He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words." ~Elbert Hubbard |