Splashtop : Mini OS in your BIOS
Imagine, that you want to check your email and download videos or make a call in Skype without booting your pc and get connected in fraction of seconds instead of waiting for 5 minutes ( and my vista parition takes almost 10 min ) to get connected. Splashtop is a pre-boot environment which allows you to rapidly access certain applications without the need to boot your main operating system. its boots out of the BIOS on your PC motherboard, and launches a lightweight Linux stack capable of running certain applications like the Splashtop web browser, and the Skype VOIP program. The Splashtop environment allow you to open a web browser, check email, watch videos, instant message, and place VOIP calls within seconds instead of minutes. you can also run the main operating system like Windows Vista/ Linux.
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