Look out, Chrome OS. Previously restricted to a handful of notebooks and netbooks, the instant-on companion OS called Splashtop is now open for all Windows-based PCs for free. On top of that, this web browser-based system now has access to the Chrome Web Store, making it firmly competitive with Chrome OS while remaining a companion [...]
Looking to get on the winner’s side of the Google Chrome OS news, two makers of instant-on operating systems, Splashtop and HyperSpace, respectively, have released statements emphasizing the benefits of quicking booting systems, which have been validated by Google’s announcement, and reminding us that they already deliver these benefits to the market. It’s a smart [...]
Seems like the developing trend towards Linux-based, Instant-on environments is just beginning to blossom. The folks over at Netbooknews.de are featuring a brief video showing the speed of the new Linpus Linux quick boot OS. This new breed of fast booting Linux operating systems reside on a computer’s HDD rather than BIOS and [...]
First photos of the new LG X120 netbook. No specs yet, but it’s running Splashtop in a preboot environment. Click the image to view a higher res version, and follow the Continue Reading link below to view a close up of the keyboard. Specs: 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard drive, 1.6GHz Atom processor, Windows XP, [...]
I stopped by the Device VM’s Splashtop booth, and we did a head-to-head-head boot up comparison between an Asus M51, HP VooDoo, and Lenovo S10e Netbook – all different machines with different speeds and usage scenarios, but each with an instant boot using Splashtop. Take a look at the the boot results, loading applications, shut [...]
Several days ago, we brought you news of Splashtop, an instant-boot application bringing you internet connectivity. It created quite the stir. A rep from Spashtop happened to be present at the Bloghaus during our live uStream and answered questions from our readers. Checkout this picture from the Splashtop blog of us in the Splashtop booth. [...]
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