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BIOS Speeds Vista Toward Embedded Apps

Apr 6, 2007
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Although “Vista Embedded” is still but a twinkle in Microsofts eye, the company has begun licensing the operating system for embedded uses, and BIOS vendor General Software has released a BIOS targeting appliance-like Vista applications.

At ESC the week of April 2, “Quickboot for Windows Vista” was shown booting up Vista in just 24 seconds, according to General Software.

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At the ESC (Embedded Systems Conference) in San Jose, Calif., also this week, General Software demonstrated what it claims to be one of the worlds fastest boot times for Windows Vista.

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