24 Mar
2005
24 Mar
'05
9:28 p.m.
David V. Corbin wrote:
It STILL takes the same amount of time for a system to
boot..
It STILL takes the same amount of time to format a disk..
It STILL takes the same amount of time to install a (basic) OS
It STILL takes the same amount of time to customize the OS
Not really surprising: As much as computing power has increased, software
complexity has increased right along with it. Everything you mentioned is a
software issue.
There are exceptions for both past and future, of course (for example, MS-DOS
boots in 10 seconds off of a Shugart... and there are modern OSes that boot in
30 seconds and positively scream) but you get the idea.
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