What a G1G1 user wants from an alternate OS

[Ed McNierney]

That conclusion implies that boot time perception is more heavily weighted
by the user than application launch time perception, however, and we don't
have any evidence to judge whether or not that is the case.

    - Ed


On 12/3/08 2:30 PM, "Sameer Verma" <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:

> Perception is a major component in technology adoption (VHS vs BetaMax
> etc. Also see Rogers, Everett M. (2003).Diffusion of Innovations). In
> fact, anywhere between 50% to 85% variation in adoption can be
> explained by perception alone!
> 
> So, even if the boot is 5 seconds long, and the tradeoff is a slower
> loading of apps subsequently, the perception of a faster boot will
> (most probably) imply a faster system.