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    Splashtop Instant-on Vaio Z

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by changstar, Jul 30, 2009.

  1. changstar

    changstar Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is there any instant-on solution like Splashtop for a Vaio Z that can be installed retroactively?
     
    changstar, Jul 30, 2009
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    InspecterJones Notebook Consultant

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    http://www.prestomypc.com/

    It's based on Xandros and supposedly boots in seconds and shuts down that way too. I haven't tried it, but might be exactly what you're looking for.
     
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    changstar Notebook Enthusiast

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    Cheers InspJones, Wonder if it's any good, shame there is no open source/free ones.
     
    changstar, Jul 31, 2009
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    InspecterJones Notebook Consultant

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    Its got a trial, check it out. Let us know.
     
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    That's not instant on, though. It's a fast-booting distro that is started through the Windows boot manager. And much of the wait time is before getting to the Windows boot manager.

    An instant-on system is one that will load through UEFI before the boot -- preferably just loading a memory dump of a running system from nvram. Good systems load in the time it takes to open the lid. If you're going to wait for 30 seconds, you might as well wait for 60.
     
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    changstar Notebook Enthusiast

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    This is true, or I guess even just leave the laptop on standby as it doesn't use a lot of power.
     
    changstar, Jul 31, 2009
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    Right, but its better then nothing, cause that's his other option. :p

    If it saves a few minutes when you just wanna check something then it might be good enough.
     
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    A fast-booting distro on a USB stick should be fairly similar.

    But as one of the others said, sleep instead of shutdown might be an even better option.
     
    arth1, Jul 31, 2009
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