Phoenix Laptop BIOS Boots Windows 7 in 10 Seconds
Phoenix has unveiled the Instant Boot BIOS, which claims to cut POST time to about a second and can boot into Windows 7 in 10 seconds. Laptop Magazine saw the BIOS in all its glory running on a Lenovo T400. It’s being offered to OEM partners but there’s no word on who signed up or the actual release date.
However, we can’t help but be incredibly impressed. Phoenix has removed the BIOS bottleneck from the boot process and really put the ball into the OEM’s court. A system will load as fast as its operating system, and runtime software will let it. And even if 11 seconds is not quite Big Foot, it’s an extremely hairy animal!