I am a former WIN now OSX / Linux user looking for quicker OS

[Dan]

potroast wrote:
Seems to me that you just want a fast booting computer, buy a PDA

OT but did you know that even calculators have boot-times these days on the TI-89,it´s actually long enough to notice.
It´s still instant-on, but it´s slower on the 68000 based ti-89 than on the z80 based ti-86( never noticed it on those)
It´s the same for pdas you can actually notice the time from buttons pushed to activated and accepting input.

Off course those short less than a second boot times dont matter much :lol:

[macto]

Seems to me that you just want a fast booting computer, buy a PDA

Curiously, I had that thought at one point.  I bought one and returned it within a week.  The problem with those critters is lacklustre handwriting recognition.  While it works perfectly in the store, it wasn't suitable for even a mild workload.  The screens are pitifully small too.  And the internet connectivity isn't ideal.

I looked at the software lists for Amiga OS 4 and Pegasos and must say that it was less than impressive.  The problem wasn't so much the lack of software, but what it was.  Games and emulators, while entertaining, are a bit frivilous at this stage of the game — particularly when you have an excellent library of legacy Amiga games to choose from (well, I guess you'll need UAE for some of those games).

[macto]

Dan wrote:
OT but did you know that even calculators have boot-times these days on the TI-89,it´s actually long enough to notice.

Now that you mention it, my TI-92+ does take a while to start up.  Oh how I lust for the days of my TI-85.

But you're right.  It seems as though "faster" machines have longer boot times.  I mean, the Macintosh 128 k took about 10 seconds to boot to the Finder (about 15 seconds to boot to an application).  Macs are much slower these days.