Re: What's the Big Deal with Firefox?

Ron Hunter wrote:

> Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T wrote:
> 
>> Andrew DeFaria wrote:
>>
>>> Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T wrote:
>>>
>>>> Reboot means you have a system crash which causes you to have to do 
>>>> a system restart. (on PeeCee machines it ctl-alt-delete). ON OSX 
>>>> I've actually forgotten how to restart. And I haven't used OS9 in so 
>>>> long I've forgotten how to as well there.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A reboot means that the OS is being reloaded from scratch (not to the 
>>> hard drive but at least to memory). A power off/power on will 
>>> effectively reboot the computer unless something like hibernation is 
>>> going on.
>>>
>>> BTW: Ctl-Alt-Delete no longer reboots the computer - in XP it merely 
>>> starts the Task Manager.
>>>
>>>> Now when I nstall software the installer automatically does a restart.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If the OS is getting restarted then it's effectively a reboot.
>>>
>>>> And if use a Mantainence program such a Oynxy. It does an auto 
>>>> Restart after it complete task.
>>>>
>>>> But day to day its once on and once off. And if a program dies, you 
>>>> just click on it and restart and go on about your business (though I 
>>>> don't see that often.)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Same with Windows.
>>
>>
>>
>> Well maybe the terminology has changed. when I went to school. A 
>> computer that was turned on for the first time during the day, the 
>> computer was starting from a "Cold Boot". A "restart" was when the 
>> computer was already actively runing and you pressed a key 
>> combination, or from a Menu choice. The power wasn't turned off at any 
>> time (during the restart.)
>>
> 
> Yeah, but that was before 'hibernate' was invented.  The OS saves a 
> snapshot of ram and the hardware status.  Repowering puts the computer 
> back into the same state as it was in before the hibernation.  This is 
> NOT the same as a cold boot, but the differences are a bit technical.

Not to mention that a power-up from Hibernation is /very/ fast.  I use 
it all the time and have found it extremely reliable.

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