On May 31, 4:49 pm, Dave <nos...@biteme.com> wrote:
> 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.



Dell, 2.2 Gig Pentium 4,
One gig memory
7200 RPM Disk
35 Meg bus:

0 - XP Desktop == 33 seconds

0 - Ubuntu Login screen 28 seconds.