This Lenovo laptop is said to boot up in just 10 seconds. Pretty speedy, but can it boot up and launch its own parachute while in freefall? Will it survive?? Thanks, Lenovo. You’re making me want to see you fail.
The answer to all the above questions is supposed to be an emphatic yes. That’s the point. You’re supposed to want to own a sky-diving beast of a laptop. And you gotta love the tense score and shaky cam that really tries to get you invested. But its so obvious. And cheesy to boot. By the end of the clip, I wonder “What if that parachute failed?” or “Imagine if it just fell out of its harness.” Then I laugh. Because that’s something I want to see.
Now, if that thing could boot up in under ten seconds and had a backup plan in case something went wrong, there’s something I’d gladly watch. [RapidBoot]
Andrew
Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 7:42 AMI find it strange that boot times are such a major focus. My computer goes weeks/months on end between full shutdown cycles.. mostly it’s just waking from sleep in about 2 seconds.
Patrick
Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 5:08 PMI have to agree. I have a lenovo for work and I never turn it off, except for windows update reboots.
Nathan
Friday, July 15, 2011 at 10:56 AMI’m very interested in fast boot times. I want to get an SSD for my main desktop, as it’s a bit power hungry and would be nice to be able to be working on it in seconds, yet have it off over night instead of wasting power and costing me money.
Damo
Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 9:45 AMI so wanted to see
“Configuring Windows updates
1% complete
Do not turn off your computer”
pop up on the screen. It would also be funny if the DVD driver generated a BSOD!
dmx
Monday, August 22, 2011 at 11:51 PMIt’s really not the boot up time that im most interested in, unless you’re running late for a conference. Thanks Lenovo for the fast boot consideration, but can you please jolt Microsoft to do their part in making the rest of their software packages just as fast and efficient? If you go to the movies, there is actually a “making of” during the previews of the failed lenovo laptop that ddn’t make it out of the chute, but everything looked pretty legit. Just a fyi.
Ben
Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 6:17 PMI think the notebook going straight into hibernate (and thus not deploying the chute) because they forgot to charge the battery, would be funny