David wrote:
> 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.
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> Dell, 2.2 Gig Pentium 4,
> One gig memory
> 7200 RPM Disk
> 35 Meg bus:
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> 0 - XP Desktop == 33 seconds
>
> 0 - Ubuntu Login screen 28 seconds.
>

I use 12 Watts on my desktop tower.