Patent ID: 6931474

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a first plurality of electronic components defining an instant on computing device for use in a first instant on mode of operation wherein said first plurality of electronic components execute a first startup sequence upon selection of said first instant on mode of operation; a second plurality of electronic components, including a plurality of input and output devices defining a non-instant on computing device for use in a second non-instant on mode of operation wherein said second plurality of electronic components execute a second startup sequence upon selection of said second non-instant on mode of operation, said first startup sequence being inhibited from execution upon said selection of said second non-instant on mode of operation; and one or more switching mechanisms coupled to said input and output devices and selectively, to selected ones of said first and second plurality of electronic components to enable said input/output devices to be available for use in said first instant on as well as said second non-instant on mode of operation.