Billy Smith wrote:

>
> Its never taken me ten minutes to boot any of my computers. What I will
> recommend is not to have a lot of stuff in your start menu Some people
> go crazy with that and thats a big problem whether you were running
> 95,98, XP, or Vista. It takes mine maybe 2 to 3 minutes max which is
> good time to get some coffee, use the can, or make a quick phone call.
> Then with Insight 10.0 and wireless router and the built in wireless
> card, we are ready to go.

My eeepc (screaming 630 Megahertz Celeron) goes from cold start to
Xubuntu in ca. 50 seconds. My full-on Ubuntu desktop takes 90 seconds,
with a 1.5 gHz Via C7.