What a G1G1 user wants from an alternate OS

[Ed McNierney]

Most "quick boot" systems are - at least in part - making a tradeoff  
by slowing things down later.  I would not want to "succeed" with a  
quick boot only to have people think the machine was slow because the  
next 5 things they did took a long time.

I think we need to be careful about being sucked into the "quick boot"  
ideal.  How often do you reboot your machines?  I just rebooted my  
MacBook Pro this morning for the first time in several weeks, for a  
software update.  It took over a minute to boot, and that fact has  
been completely irrelevant to me as a user.  If we provide good  
suspend/resume and power management support, users aren't going to  
reboot very often.

I certainly agree that moving from a six-minute boot to a one-minute  
boot makes a substantial difference in the user's perception of the  
system (if not a difference in usability) and that's a very important  
goal.  But striving for incremental improvements in boot time is, I  
think, much less valuable to user than an excellent suspend/resume  
experience (which my MacBook Pro does very well).

	- Ed


On Dec 3, 2008, at 10:32 AM, Samuel Klein wrote:

> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:30 AM, Samuel Klein
>> with all due respect, 'business applications, youtube, ppt, &c'
>> doesn't sound like an insurmountable target.
>
> To be more specific, fast boot time, business apps, and video/flash
> playback have all been demonstrated on their own.  The question is how
> to combine them.
>
> I would guess fast boot time that loads extra bits in the background
> to support more elaborate apps would be acceptable.
>
> SJ
>
>> SJ
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Mikus Grinbergs <mikus at bga.com>  
>> wrote:
>>> From a post that included the following quote:
>>>>>
>>>>> However many G1G1 participants, such as myself, may not be as
>>>>> interested in the plethora of functionality that these builds  
>>>>> have to
>>>>> offer, and only want rapid, basic functionality:
>>>>>
>>>>> 1. Quick boot time (Yes, ideally 5-10 seconds)
>>>>> 2. Basic wifi access and webbrowsing.
>>>>> 3. Business applications such as: Spreadsheet, Word Processor, PDF
>>>>> viewer, PPT Presentation viewer would be nice.
>>>>>
>>>>> What do we need to do to make this a reality?
>>>
>>> I believe here is a case of unrealistic expectations.  There are  
>>> at least
>>> three things about an XO-1 (i.e., G1G1) that stand out:  (1)  
>>> rugged physical
>>> design  (2) reflective display  (3) [with latest software] low  
>>> power draw.
>>> But should the XO-1 be asked to compete with systems that offer  
>>> business
>>> applications, YouTube, PPT, etc. ?
>>>
>>> My suggestion is that someone who wants the described "basic"  
>>> capabilities
>>> go spend the money to purchase a "netbook" instead.
>>>
>>> mikus
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