Instant on

The computer inside a BlackBerry or iPhone boots up in seconds, so why can\´t your laptop? Some of Microsoft Windows\´ start¿up time is inevitable, says computer architect Peter Glaskowsky, an analyst with the Envisioneering Group, in Seaford, N.Y. "There\´s too much to do¿initialize all of memory, start up the hard disk, assign virtual memory, and more." He says even embedded systems like an iPhone or cable modem, which don\´t have to look for keyboards and printers, still take 10 to 30 seconds to do these things.