Comments on: Mesh Your Ride http://dannythorpe.com/2008/12/05/mesh-your-ride/ Dream & Deliver Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:35:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Danny Thorpe http://dannythorpe.com/2008/12/05/mesh-your-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Danny Thorpe Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:05:41 +0000 http://dannythorpe.com/2008/12/05/mesh-your-ride/#comment-230 Hi Rune, My laptop resumes from sleep mode in less than 2 seconds - much faster than my 3 year old smartphone! I think startup time is a solvable issue with the right system tuning. I'd expect an embedded device like a carputer would be engineered for fast startup, probably from a suspended state. Note that Ori's prototype is built around an off-the-shelf mini PC. It has not been engineered or optimized at the hardware level for embedded operations like this. Hi Rune,

My laptop resumes from sleep mode in less than 2 seconds – much faster than my 3 year old smartphone! I think startup time is a solvable issue with the right system tuning.

I’d expect an embedded device like a carputer would be engineered for fast startup, probably from a suspended state. Note that Ori’s prototype is built around an off-the-shelf mini PC. It has not been engineered or optimized at the hardware level for embedded operations like this.

]]> By: bikedude http://dannythorpe.com/2008/12/05/mesh-your-ride/comment-page-1/#comment-229 bikedude Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:14:22 +0000 http://dannythorpe.com/2008/12/05/mesh-your-ride/#comment-229 Very cool, but... Bootup time? When I power up my ride (which admittedly cannot go past 245 kph) I immediately press 'play' and "Start Me Up" pours out of the speakers. This is using old-school technology involving shiny discs and physical buttons. I can even quickly change discs by juggling the two discs with my hands while steering the car using my nose. As much as I like Vista (which makes me somewhat of a minority), I doubt anyone can make that thing power up instantly. I am aware of some efforts that are essentially based on powersaving, but even then there is a very noticable lag. Of course, what Ori Amiga has is "only" a prototype, and from the looks of it: A darn good one. Very cool. Very cool, but… Bootup time? When I power up my ride (which admittedly cannot go past 245 kph) I immediately press ‘play’ and “Start Me Up” pours out of the speakers. This is using old-school technology involving shiny discs and physical buttons. I can even quickly change discs by juggling the two discs with my hands while steering the car using my nose.

As much as I like Vista (which makes me somewhat of a minority), I doubt anyone can make that thing power up instantly. I am aware of some efforts that are essentially based on powersaving, but even then there is a very noticable lag.

Of course, what Ori Amiga has is “only” a prototype, and from the looks of it: A darn good one.

Very cool.

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