From an eWeek interview with Jim Allchin at WinHEC:
“Q: You talked about a new technology that allows devices and PCs to power up from a “sleeping” state in under 2 seconds called “Instant On” in your keynote. Is this technology in any shipping products yet?
A: This is fabulous technology, and the work around this has been quite something. We haven’t decided when to include it in a shipping product as yet, but it will be soon…We are almost there, and that to me is just a mindblower in terms of the impact it can have.”
I can’t believe I missed this one. This sounds fantastic.
The Toshiba M200 is so fast that it already is able to wake up from hibernation in under 10 seconds. In fact, I’ve noticed that I use hibernate a lot more with the M200 (by simply closing the lid) than I have with any other notebook or Tablet that I’ve owned. The restore speed is so fast I use it. At two seconds I’d be addicted.