4 ms·
People are OK with frequently booting their mobile devices to temporarily "fix bugs", which can take up to tens of seconds, but waiting a moment to boot a deskt
by csn 11y ago
People are OK with frequently booting their mobile devices to temporarily "fix bugs", which can take up to tens of seconds, but waiting a moment to boot a desktop device? Nuh uh.
Of course there might be some market advantage to be had with faster booting and it's a plus for the whole UX. And optimisation is definitely cool, though I think many more problems would be solved if people were forced to think once in a while, whether it's while waiting for the bootup sequence to complete or a train to arrive.
- Gys 11y agoThe problem with a desktop is that most people have at least one and mostly several applications running. Those need maybe saving as well, before quitting. The mobile phones are better in that way: all apps are required to save their state at any time. So rebooting can be a mindless procedure.
- geon 11y agoWho is OK with frequently booting their phone? I know I wouldn't be.
- xanderstrike 11y agoSeems like this is more about car computers, embedded systems, and replacing "suspend" than just improving the desktop experience. The slowest booting machine I own is my windows Steambox, and it's still faster to boot than my TV or receiver (5-10 seconds) just by virtue of having an SSD.