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Although Splashtop is on millions of computers already, instant-on is still a new thing, and we often get asked about how and when people use Splashtop. So we thought we'd share some user stories. Take a look at this photo:

(thanks @chiropractic from http://www.adiola.com for letting us use your photo!)

As you see, this chiropractor in the sunny Los Angeles has an ASUS EEE Box with Splashtop running in his office. You’re probably wondering why would a chiropractor do that. Turns out that he wants to give his patients access to the Internet while they are waiting. He told us: “it’s great for giving public access to net w/o getting on our office network. Runs silent too.”

Besides being instant-on (or off), Splashtop protects the PC from... its users' inadvertent mistakes. With Splashtop, you aren't going to break your PC, infect it with malware, or accidentally erase some important file. Of course, you can still spill coffee on the keyboard, but you get the point: no maintenance. And you do not need a Computer Science degree to set it up - it comes pre-installed on the computer.

As for "runs silent", Splashtop will save you energy, since you can turn it on and off quickly. No need to keep the PC running while you are... working your chiropractic magic. But kudos to ASUS and Intel for designing this energy efficient nettop with the Atom processor.

If you have your own Splashtop stories or photos, we would like to hear about them! You can give me a quick message over at Twitter, @kevintu, or just shoot me an email kevin.tu AT devicevm.com