Pros and Cons
An "instant-on" operating system is like those used by 1980s home computers such as the commodore 64. This offers many advantages over a standard modern operating system:
- It boots much faster.
- It is less vulnerable to malware as the system is mostly read-only.
- It allows for diskless computers.
- It is lighter.
- It consumes less power.
However, this comes at the price of having limited local functionality, while focusing on web / cloud services.
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