AMD & Phoenix Promise Warp Speed Bootup

This sounds suspiciously like Extensible Firmware Interface, with just enough chnages to bypass patent concerns.

It will be nice, but it will require at least an AM2 processor, so no retrofitting will be possible, as there is none of the virtual support built in to the Socket 939 and older chips.

There are a great many fast iron 939 (and even 754) systems that will be left out, as those people will not see enough reason to swap CPU and motherboard.

Ah, such is progress!

Sounds like a hyped up version of suspend-to-Ram….which never worked well. I’ll keep an eye on this……….and the other one peeled for flying pigs.

Ron, I’m certainly not a defender of MS or Bill Gates, BUT in all fairness to his empire, even you must concede that many factors are involved in how fast a pc boots up. My trusty 6 year old Gateway desktop with XP Pro w/P4 Intel and 768 Mb of RAM usually takes around a minute. All depends on how each user has things set up. Some (for whatever reason) have almost every piece of software running in the background at bootup time. I blame most of this on the software vendors who have their installation default settings set to practically take over … auto updates, auto scans, etc. etc. That can easily run bootup times into the next Millenium! LOL

Norton’s AV especially is a huge offender of this practice, and for the newbees out there who aren’t aware of these practices, they’re clueless as to what’s going on inside the box. It doesn’t take too many programs to bring things to a crawl, even on brand new pc’s, what with all the bundled crappola software that’s installed.

The first thing I’d recommend to anyone purchasing a new system, is to do a disk format, reinstall the OS and then carefully install just the software you use, making sure to have all the necessary drivers. That’s what I did with my son’s new Gateway lappy. It was awful as it came out of the box. After I got through with it, it went from a snooze boot to a fast wakeup call. AND, I made sure I didn’t install Norton! The free version of AVG does it all and more, along with a ZoneAlarm router by Check Point for superb protection. Those last choices btw are thanks to your excellent comments in previous blogs. You sold me! LOL

Just as an added thought here Ron: I buy a new car with an EPA rating of X miles hwy, X miles around town. I get close to it. My neighbor buys the same car … his gas mileage sucks! Why? Well, he’s heavy on the foot and I’m not.

Bottom line … all depends on how you drive.

Same with computers. I tend to keep a lean and trim machine … others amass tons of junk over a few years and never even do a defrag or delete unused or obsolete software that’s STILL running in the background!

Now, if only Fred Langa was still around to guide those poor souls! Ah, with all the money he made with THE SWINDLE, he’s probably lounging around at a Tiki bar in Key West laughing his buns off at us.

Hi Guys,
Thanks for all of your input. It should be interesting to see how this works.

OK Don - be nice to poor old Fred! Speaking of Fred, has anyone heard anything about him lately ?

I’ll probably never run into Fred Langa, as his columns only appear in the PAID version of Windows Secrets. A shame for those who never had the oportunity to read his articles, at least when he had articles.

Hi Don,
I think you are correct. Neither of us will be seeing him anytime soon.