Cloudbook vs. EEE: Windows XP Bootup time
The Everex Cloudbook has been seen as a very slow machine compared to the Asus EEE PC. How slow is it actually?
Thanks to the nice folks over at http://digital.xy.hk/ and http://www.umpcfever.com/ we got this video showing the Cloudbook and EEE booting Windows XP side-by-side:
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Actually, if you analyze the video a bit and starting counting the time when Windows starts loading (XP Splash screen) to the balloon pop-up is displayed they are pretty much on pair with each other (the time measured is the time stamp in the video):
EEE XP Splash: 19 sec
CloudBook XP Splash: 25 sec
EEE XP Balloon pop-up: 1 min 1 sec
CloudBook XP Balloon pop-up: 1 min 14 sec
Using the formula “XP Balloon pop-up time” - “XP Splash time”:
EEE XP boot time: 42 sec
CloudBook XP boot time: 49 sec
So the boot time is only 7 seconds longer. If you look at the timing it seems like the reason why the Cloudbook takes longer is that it spends more time in BIOS POST, but apart from that it’s almost the same and the extra storage is definitively worth the extra boot time. What would be interesting is if it is possible to put something like coreboot (formerly known as Linux BIOS) on it.
Thanks to Everex Cloudbook UMPC for the link.
