Comments on: Add Instant-on To Any PC With Presto

By: ArchiMark

ArchiMark — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:25:43 +0000

These instant-on utilities are Linux based typically, so, if you can ink in Linux, you might be able to ink…however, if you mean inking handwritten notes, I doubt it as these are very small, limited function Linux OS’s…..

By: Eric Verno

Eric Verno — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:52:25 +0000

If you use this on a Tablet PC, would you be able to ink?

By: Karl

Karl — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:22:42 +0000

Give Slitaz a try: http://www.slitaz.org

I blows the pud and the puppy away!

By: Paul Martin

Paul Martin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:24:43 +0000

I tried the Beta and found it quick and easy to use. The version I just purchased, Presto 1.0 works great and boots up as fast as advertised. I am running an older Compaq laptop with XP and Presto has relegated it from boat anchor status. I’m not a techie so it seems like a perfect play for folks like me. Why would you bother loading it on a machine that was already dual boot – seems silly to me.
Anyway – I recommend it – also means I don’t have to leave the laptop running – draining power, etc.

By: bluespapa

bluespapa — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:59:45 +0000

I agree with Marco, but there is power drain in sleep/standby. I tried it on my Samsung Q1, and it behaved weirdly with the touch screen (I expected not to work at all), so I uninstalled it.

There was no correlation between where I touched the screen and the cursor, and it moved more left/right, up/down than my stylus or fingernail. However, tapping in a single spot was so sporadic that I could have been opening almost anything once I got the cursor positioned where I wanted it.

After a very long download, and a fairly long install, uninstalling took less than two seconds. Also, the boot was actually slower than coming out of standby/sleep.

By: Marco

Marco — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:14:35 +0000

Using vista hybrid-sleep feature i have no use of another instant on O.S., the battery drain is low and when hitting power button i am already in my desktop, i do not see many use of this type of O.S. but for maximizing battery life and for a veri light O.S. it could be good maybe.

By: TK

TK — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:37:47 +0000

Apart from xPud too I mean :)

By: TK

TK — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:35:53 +0000

Hi Zorg, do you or anyone else know of other alternatives for older hardware?
I was trying to surf around but it seems that the ones I came across had to be bought embedded. I too am not too keen to run something like this alongside windows..

By: ArchiMark

ArchiMark — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:59:53 +0000

Hey, I have another concept to consider, how about an instant-on Windows?

Then you wouldn’t need another OS to boot into, just because you don’t want to wait Windows to boot up….

Well, we can dream can’t we?

;-)

By: tfinnan

tfinnan — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:53:09 +0000

The beta worked on my eee 900 (which dual boots between Cruncheee and XP), and offered the option to boot into XP or Presto after I had chosen to boot into XP.

I couldn’t install the beta on my eee 1000, however, as the smaller of the two SSDs of the 1000 wasn’t big enough to hold XP and Presto at the same time. The real problem that I had with Presto was that it took up more space than my chopped up version of XP (or Cruncheee) on the hard drive, and didn’t boot significantly faster than most of the full Linux builds that I’ve tried on the eee.