"Instant-On" Computers Coming!

Wow, this is huge. And it's so obvious that i wonder why it hasn't shown up before now.

I'm talking about a new development that Phoenix, who manufactures your computer's BIOS, has announced: "Instant-on" computing.

BIOS stands for Basic In-Out System. That's what produces the screen that you first see when you turn on your computer.

What Phoenix is talking about is the future ability for you to hit the f4 key during system start up and go directly to a simplified interface which would allow e-mail, web browsers, and media players to be instantly accessible.

That's HUGE!

It opens up all sorts of possibilities. Would it be possible to eliminate the operating system altogether and let the BIOS run your computer?

Can you image how cheaply such a simplified machine could be built?

Windows Vista requires a fat two gigs of RAM to run decently fast, as well as a dual-core or higher processor.

A BIOS-driven computer could probably get by on hardware that resembles 1995 vintage. And it would probably cost half or less what a full-blown Windows computer would set you back.

Read all about it:

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/tech/news/article_1371601.php

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