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> I just read a little article in this email magazine I regularily get:
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> ...........
> during the busy Christmas season. Some analysts believe that Microsoft's
> own customers have urged the company to slow the pace of its technology
> overhaul, as many corporations are only beginning now to switch over to
> Windows 95. Memphis is expected to add a speedy boot-up technology calle=
> d
> "OnNow," as well as several changes aimed at making networked computers
> easier to manage. (Wall Street Journal 24 Mar 97)
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It's a hardware issue, first of all, specified in Microsoft's PC'97
specs. There are different sleep-modes for each part of the system. If
you pull the power plug, booting up again won't be faster than
now. There's an article about PC'97 in the german journal C't (i think
4/97).