Why can't Dell, Microsoft and Intel create a PC that turns on like a pocket calculator?

Question

For a pocket calculator, you push a button and it's on.
For a car, you turn the key and it's on.
For a TV, you push a button and it's on.
Why does a PC take three minutes to go from the power button being pushed to being ready to get on the internet?

Answer 1

You can set your PC to go onto hibernation, it then keeps your settings loaded and only takes about 30s to start up!

Answer 2

because it hase to load all your setting and software from the RAM. but they are in the process of making a magnetic random access memory or MRAM which will turn the computer on instantly. and will basically be on stand by mode and will never go off.

Answer 3

yes that would be nice.



eh.



i guess its too much trouble for them