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Startup Boost FAQ
This seems like a great idea! But I feel like the use case for it is a relatively narrow band of users. On my main workstation, the change is imperceptible, because it already loads so fast. I wouldn't use this on my tablet, since it is so limited by RAM already (4gb).
Maybe laptops are the sweet spot for impactful benefit for 'Startup Boost', where low TDP requirements puts everything in a low power state, but hardware is otherwise abundant and capable enough.
My guess is that 90% of machines are either so limited as to need minimal background resources, or powerful enough that the browser opens in a split second anyway. Even on my workstation, I prefer to keep background threads to a minimum to maximize system efficiency and minimize overhead and energy costs.
I know this one system would be a negligible impact, but the amount of programs that want several processes to run in the background can easily add thousands of open threads and GBs of allocated memory.