<s>
QuickStart	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
loading	O
method	O
used	O
by	O
several	O
different	O
software	B-Application
applications	I-Application
,	O
designed	O
to	O
speed	O
up	O
the	O
loading	O
time	O
of	O
their	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QuickStarters	B-Operating_System
typically	O
place	O
an	O
icon	O
in	O
the	O
System	O
Tray	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
full	O
application	O
needs	O
to	O
be	O
loaded	O
,	O
the	O
base	O
components	O
are	O
already	O
in	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
which	O
significantly	O
reduces	O
load	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
QuickStarters	B-Operating_System
are	O
controversial	O
because	O
they	O
use	O
up	O
RAM	B-Architecture
even	O
when	O
the	O
application	O
is	O
not	O
open	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
this	O
reason	O
,	O
QuickStarters	B-Operating_System
can	O
actually	O
decrease	O
performance	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
if	O
six	O
applications	O
load	O
a	O
QuickStarter	B-Operating_System
into	O
the	O
System	O
Tray	O
at	O
50	O
megabytes	O
per	O
piece	O
,	O
that	O
is	O
300	O
megabytes	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
that	O
could	O
otherwise	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
working	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
user	O
only	O
has	O
256	O
megabytes	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
this	O
will	O
cause	O
running	O
applications	O
to	O
page	O
to	O
virtual	B-Architecture
memory	I-Architecture
and	O
drastically	O
reduce	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
other	O
hand	O
,	O
if	O
the	O
user	O
has	O
one	O
gigabyte	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
running	O
applications	O
will	O
probably	O
not	O
be	O
paged	O
,	O
and	O
load	O
times	O
for	O
QuickStart	B-Operating_System
applications	O
will	O
be	O
reduced	O
(	O
resulting	O
in	O
higher	O
overall	O
performance	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
point	O
from	O
where	O
the	O
user	O
powers	O
on	O
the	O
system	O
and	O
when	O
the	O
system	O
is	O
ready	O
for	O
use	O
will	O
be	O
delayed	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
system	O
must	O
incur	O
a	O
performance	O
penalty	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
reading	O
the	O
QuickStart	B-Operating_System
applications	O
from	O
the	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
and	O
additional	O
CPU	O
processing	O
and	O
sub-system	O
usage	O
as	O
the	O
QuickStart	B-Operating_System
application	O
is	O
loaded	O
into	O
memory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
are	O
examples	O
of	O
applications	O
which	O
use	O
the	O
QuickStart	B-Operating_System
method	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
QuickStarters	B-Operating_System
are	O
a	O
workaround	O
for	O
the	O
poor	O
performance	O
of	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drives	I-Device
(	O
HDDs	O
)	O
which	O
have	O
traditionally	O
been	O
the	O
standard	O
for	O
desktop	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Solid-state	B-Device
drives	I-Device
(	O
SSDs	B-Device
)	O
have	O
lower	O
latency	O
and	O
faster	O
seek	O
times	O
than	O
HDDs	O
,	O
so	O
there	O
is	O
less	O
need	O
for	O
QuickStarters	B-Operating_System
on	O
SSDs	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
SSD	B-Device
are	O
slowly	O
becoming	O
more	O
popular	O
on	O
certain	O
types	O
of	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
business	O
setting	O
,	O
a	O
quickstart	B-Operating_System
can	O
also	O
be	O
an	O
informal	O
,	O
often	O
short	O
description	O
of	O
how	O
to	O
accomplish	O
some	O
specific	O
task	O
.	O
</s>
