所有的新技术和精巧设计都使计算机越来越快,但要让它启动起来,却至少要等两分钟。相信所有用过计算机的人都会有这种感受。美国一家汽车杂志最近设计了一套选出最快赛车的测试方案。有两辆赛车的成绩一直不相上下,直到最后一项测试要求它们从0加速到每小时100英里然后刹车停下时,比赛结果才见分晓,当然是那辆启动快的赛车赢得了胜利。这不禁使我想起了一封读者来信,这位读者告诉我,计算机“漫长”的启动等待,使他忍无可忍。 All new technology and sophisticated design make the computer faster and faster, but let it start up, but at least wait two minutes. I believe all those who have used the computer will have this feeling. A U.S. auto magazine recently designed a test program to select the fastest car. The results of two cars have been comparable until the last test required them to accelerate from zero to 100 miles an hour and then brake to a halt before the outcome of the race came to light, of course, when the fast-starting car won. This can not help but remind me of a letter from a reader who told me that the “long” wait-and-go period of the computer made him unbearable.