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Something like Asus's "Splashtop" fast-booting secure web-surfing environment.

330 points posted to Accessories (Keyboards, etc.), Desktops and Laptops by jmxz May 19

Asus is putting their
Splashtop environment in all their new motherboards.


Splashtop is described by DeviceVM as a "secure web-surfing environment", and is embedded on motherboards so that it can be booted within seconds, as an alternative to booting up a full operating system. ...

"In response to great user feedback, our plan is to proliferate Express Gate across our entire motherboard-product portfolio, ...

"Consumers want to turn their PCs on and off like any other appliance"


I'd very much like to simply turn my Dell's on and off like any other appliance, and be able to instantly launch a web browser without even having to wait for a hard disk to spin up.

pablohs
May 19		 I like this idea. I also think I should be able to turn on my pc and inmediatly be able to use the browser when in the background the pc is booting on. This give me something to do when I am waiting like check my e-mail, and then move back to my normal OS.
aikiwolfie
May 20		 I am begging Dell. If they implement this ... please stay away from anything Microsoft!!!
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