What a G1G1 user wants from an alternate OS

[Sameer Verma]

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Ed McNierney <ed at laptop.org> wrote:
> That conclusion implies that boot time perception is more heavily weighted
> by the user than application launch time perception, however, and we don't
> have any evidence to judge whether or not that is the case.
>

Indeed. Such data would be quite valuable.

Here's an interesting blog entry on MSDN for improving boot time on
Windows 7. http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2008/08/29/boot-performance.aspx
It highlights some interesting time ranges and user experiences.

cheers,
Sameer

>    - Ed
>
>
> On 12/3/08 2:30 PM, "Sameer Verma" <sverma at sfsu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Perception is a major component in technology adoption (VHS vs BetaMax
>> etc. Also see Rogers, Everett M. (2003).Diffusion of Innovations). In
>> fact, anywhere between 50% to 85% variation in adoption can be
>> explained by perception alone!
>>
>> So, even if the boot is 5 seconds long, and the tradeoff is a slower
>> loading of apps subsequently, the perception of a faster boot will
>> (most probably) imply a faster system.