Browsing and e-mail without access Harddisk

What you normally do after the Power button on the computer? Wait a few minutes when the operating system is not it? This need not happen if your computer's motherboard is feature Express Gate. About five seconds after booting your computer, you can browse to the Internet. No need to wait on the operating system first. "You can send e-mail, chat via messenger (MSN, Google talk, QQ, YM), chat via Skype, and even see a photo on the hard drive," said Josh Wu (Product Manager, Product Marketing Dept. .1, Div.1 motherboards, ASUSTeK Computer Inc.).. Enjoy the video online, such as YouTube and listen to online radio is possible. All without the need to access the computer hard drive that contains the operating system. Express Gate for the easy course. Press the Power on the computer, select the BIOS settings, Tools, Express Gate, and enable (enable). Then save the configuration. After the restart and the computer will directly serve the Express Gate. Nah, we choose to stay will do what. Of course, if you want to pro-Internet, we need to first set the connection method (wireless via Wi-Fi, or through a LAN). Which can not be done at the time of Express Gate is active, said Josh, is a write to disk that contains the operating system. "This is for security reasons, so that the virus can not enter," accuse him. However, the content of hard drive can still read, and copied to other devices, such as USB flash disk. Express Gate also does not impede access to external devices - USB flash disks, portable hard drive, or CD / DVD diselipkan to the computer optical drive. Data from USB flash disk, portable hard drive, CD / DVD can be read and copied to anywhere, except to the hard disk been the operating system. Photos in the flash disk can be seen, for example, create a slide show, or to upload to Flickr, without access the hard disk. While this feature Express Gate is still limited to the motherboard Asus P5Q series (P5Q3 Deluxe / WiFi-Ap @ n, P5Q Deluxe, P5Q Premium, P5Q-E, P4QC, and P5Q PRO) mengemaskan the Express Gate feature. "It is suitable for Microsoft," But according to Josh, at around 80% will mengusung Asus motherboard features. For the features that were installed in a built-in in the motherboard, Josh clearly, is software, aka the operating system Linux Device VM Splashtop stored in flash memory (SSD). The P5Q series of package Express Gate now in the price range of U.S. $ 170 - U.S. $ 500-an. "Later on the motherboard with a price of U.S. $ 100-also have an Express Gate. Currently, all the Asus motherboard supports Express Gate can upgrade.