On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Ed McNierney <ed(a)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(a)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.