Why do computers/phones have a restart option along with the power off option?
Couldn't users just turn off their computers(via the shutdown option) and use the physical button to turn it on again ? Why did they added an extra button ? It's not saving too much time or anything.
If every update required a manual power cycle, almost all of the internet would be off, most waiting for one of the far too few technical staff to cycle it back on manually.
Our phones wouldn't wake us up in the morning, as they too would be off.
Yes, we used to do that, back in the dinosaur (286-486, DOS and Win3.1) days.
“Have you tried turning it off and then on again” became such a common response to Windows 95+ being kind of crap that they started to include the option for convenience.
Nah, back in those days PCs even had a RESET button. So even when it was trivial to turn it off and on again, there was still a designated button to restart the computer.
When shutting down, Windows optimizes the next start by caching some stuff. So it is not a true, clean restart.
On a restart, this caching does not happen.
Sources:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUIhzACQDAc
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/power/system...
Our phones wouldn't wake us up in the morning, as they too would be off.
Bootup can be a lengthy process.
Automatically is the fastest way to do both.
And get back to work.
“Have you tried turning it off and then on again” became such a common response to Windows 95+ being kind of crap that they started to include the option for convenience.
Kids those days. There is no problem in Windows (and lately, Android) that a restart cannot fix.