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    With and without RapidBoot on X220 *videos*

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by sp00n, May 14, 2011.

  1. sp00n

    sp00n Notebook Deity

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    Received my X220 today in the mail, so I decided to do a comparison between a X220 with RapidBoot and one without RapidBoot.

    I should preface the way I calculated the boot times. I started the timer when the ThinkLight flashed right after pressing the power button and ended the timer as soon as I heard the Windows login chime.

    Specs:
    Enabled UEFI
    Intel Core i5-2520M
    8GB Memory
    80GB Intel 320 SSD


    Without RapidBoot:
    <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/CNSyFqS9pNM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/CNSyFqS9pNM?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width='425' height="349" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>

    With RapidBoot:
    <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/d-DKNyNemvg?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/d-DKNyNemvg?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width='425' height="349" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>



    Results:
    Without RapidBoot: 20 secs
    With RapidBoot: 20 secs
     
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    sp00n, May 14, 2011
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  2. richan90

    richan90 Notebook Consultant

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    Nice, but the results are kind of skewed considering you have a SSD. Doesnt rapid boot cache the most frequently used/necessary start up files so it starts faster? An SSD negates the need to do that because it has such low latency and high read speeds.
     
    richan90, May 14, 2011
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  3. sp00n

    sp00n Notebook Deity

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    you may be right, rapidboot will probably benefit laptops with traditional hard drives than ssd hard drives.
     
    sp00n, May 14, 2011
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  4. richan90

    richan90 Notebook Consultant

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    Good to know though. I'm using an SSD as a boot drive, so I probably won't use rapidboot.
     
    richan90, May 14, 2011
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  5. Duckfart

    Duckfart Notebook Evangelist

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    Not really,
    I have an 320 / 7200 HDD and I did the same test and the only difference was 2sec.

    I uninstalled the software and cant tell the difference.
     
    Duckfart, May 14, 2011
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