Asus' ExpressGate 2.0 Instant-On OS Demoed

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Too many vendors are making these custom OSs when you want to "check something quickly". What really sucks about most of these proprietary solutions is their lack of interoperability. In a perfect world, all email, contacts, etc should export and import from CSV for all cellphones, OSes, etc.

Where people really get screwed is when they start depending on these solutions, then when it comes time to upgrade or change to something else, they are stuck because they have no easy way of getting their data out of the device.
 
[citation][nom]purplerat[/nom]I have an ASUS laptop with this feature and I find it completely useless. Love the laptop as a whole but I never use the instant on OS.[/citation]
I've never used the one that came with one of my mobos either.
 
What they should do is give you the Instant ON feature and while your surfing the WebOS portion the real OS is loading in the background. This way you can opt to jump between when you do want the full blown OS.
 
[citation][nom]Igot1forya[/nom]What they should do is give you the Instant ON feature and while your surfing the WebOS portion the real OS is loading in the background. This way you can opt to jump between when you do want the full blown OS.[/citation]

See now that would be smart so it's never going to happen...
 
[citation][nom]Igot1forya[/nom]What they should do is give you the Instant ON feature and while your surfing the WebOS portion the real OS is loading in the background. This way you can opt to jump between when you do want the full blown OS.[/citation]
That's a great idea and actually part of the reason why I don't use the instant on OS on my laptop; 9/10 times that I have tried to use it I end up realizing I wanted to do more than just "jump online for a sec" and then have to boot the full OS anyways. So I eventually just started booting to the full OS anyways because I rarely save anytime with the instant on anyways.
 
Maybe that is something Microsoft should consider. Instead of the silly logo and progress bar, have a mini web browser during the bootup process (load a the minimal amount of drivers at startup for this to work). I seem to remember a distro of Linux which had Tetris during the bootup process.
 
I just think this bootOS is just extending real OS boot time.
I don't want a half crippled OS in my boot sector, I want to boot to a full blown OS as fast as possible, so I can use it for anything I want to.
There are times I don't even know what I'm going to do with my computer, browse the internet? Play games?
This is all good if you're only browsing the internet and watching the weather,
but if you're needing to do anything outside that, you'll probably have to close the OS, and wait until your real OS is booted.

Express gate is nothing but a small version of Linux.
 
I like idea for instant boot on Netbook, but current solutions are more like bad patch fix for using Windows. Windows is not very well optimized for netbooks, because Windows was never targeted for that kind of devices. I think Google Chrome OS has better approach. Turn the netbook into Internet Appliance and leave the PC to Windows and full distributions of Linux.
 
I have disabled Expressgate on both my Asus mobo computers because it actually adds 3-5 seconds to bootup process because you have to press a key if you want to enter Expressgate. Windows 7 boots up in about 30 seconds on both my machines which don't have processors over $100 and non-SSD drives. In another year or two, with computer and HD speeds, an OS such as this will be even more of a moot point...
 
[citation][nom]jenesuispasbavard[/nom]WTF is a sneak-peak? I'm walking along the road, minding my own business, and BOOM... this giant mountain pops up right around the corner?[/citation]Lolwut?
 
[citation][nom]jenesuispasbavard[/nom]WTF is a sneak-peak? I'm walking along the road, minding my own business, and BOOM... this giant mountain pops up right around the corner?[/citation]
You're funny :)
 
Jane, what gives with the WebOS picture? It is no where near instant (although if it was and on a PC/Tablet that would be glorious.)

Windows doesn't allow user interface or networking until the security features have been loaded. Considering it takes 30 seconds for my Windows 7 to boot (log-in screen) I would never use this feature. Adapt it to mobile tech like all these duel screen eBook readers and you may have something.
 
[citation][nom]Igot1forya[/nom]What they should do is give you the Instant ON feature and while your surfing the WebOS portion the real OS is loading in the background. This way you can opt to jump between when you do want the full blown OS.[/citation]

I heard about it, its called Multi Tasking isnt it? //*iPhone user*
 
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