Currently it takes most between 30 seconds and several minutes to boot up their PC. Windows Vista was a particularly bad culprit of long boot times, while Windows 7 has built on this. Microsoft has promised that Windows 8 will deliver faster boot times, but the problem is not limited to the operating system alone; the Basic Input/Ouput System (BIOS) is also a contributing factor.More info over here.
“At the moment it can be 25-30 seconds of boot time before you see the first bit of OS sign-on,” said Mark Doran, head of UEFI. “With UEFI we're getting it under a handful of seconds. We're not at instant-on yet but it is already a lot better than conventional BIOS can manage, and we're getting closer to that every day.”
UEFI to deliver almost instant-on PCs in 2011?
Posted on Friday, October 01 2010 @ 20:02 CEST by Thomas De MaesschalckTechEye reports the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Forum has made new advances with its UEFI interface that could enable computers that boot in under a handful of seconds. Systems with the new UEFI interface could be available for sale sometime next year.
