
Browse the Web, make Skype calls, or instant-message pals without waiting for Windows to boot up. The VooDoo Envy 133 and several other new computers come installed with both Windows and SplashTop, a simple Linux operating system that starts from a chip on the PC’s motherboard instead of on the hard drive. It powers up and opens one of several Internet-connected programs within 20 seconds. splashtop.com