Chromebooks were already that fast at the time he made the prediction, mostly because they were designed to use coreboot instead of the usual bloated uefi/bios.

Chromebooks were already that fast at the time he made the prediction, mostly because they were designed to use coreboot instead of the usual bloated uefi/bios. The only reason wee don't see coreboot everywhere is that motherboard manufacturers refuse to adopt or even allow it.