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Another week into using my MacBook for my combined Mac and Windows experience and I’ve noticed that my Mac has become my constant companion.
That is because of speed. Startup speed and wake up speed. Sleep works really well. Super fast off and on. Even wifi (airport) wakes up very quickly.
Speed is the key. It just irks me that in 20+ years since I started using computers the logon time seems no faster. In the late 80’s on that 286 I’m sure that I would have had a conversation (to fill in the awkward silence on boot up) that went something like, “By the mid 90’s computers will start instantly”. Well its the mid 00’s and it can still be several minutes.
I think it goes the Apple advantage of controlling the hardware and software. That tightness allows optimization of start up.
The next big thing in hard disks is the inclusion of flash or NAND memory for saving state, so I’m hoping that finally laptops will be instant on. That is the key to keeping your machine with you.
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