On: Ask HN: Shall I buy an 'ultrabook' or a MB Air?

[whiskers]

I'm using a 2011 Macbook Air that came with Lion and from opening the lid to login prompt takes about a second.

I'd never shut it down fully because the battery life is so good I don't need to!

[rayhano → whiskers]

That's interesting. This is what I really want to delve into - can an Ultrabook perform a similar miracle? And if so, which one?

[whiskers → rayhano]

So long as you have an SSD and enough memory the startup speed really comes down to how the OS handles sleep/hibernation - it's a software problem.

[rayhano → whiskers]

I wish it was just down to software. I have seen some Windows 7 machines, like the Vaio Z, boot up like a demon. And others that are hamstrung.