Windows 7 Shooting For 15 Second Boot Time

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http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/200...rformance.aspx

Because systems and configurations differ, boot times can vary significantly. This is verified by many lab results, but can also be seen in independent analysis, such as that conducted by Ed Bott. Sample data from Ed’s population of systems found that only 35% of boots took less than 30 seconds to give control to the user. Though Ed’s data is from a small population, his data is nicely in line with what we’re observing. Windows Vista SP1 data (below) also indicates that roughly 35% of systems boot in 30 seconds or less, 75% of systems boot in 50 seconds or less.

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From our perspective, too few systems consistently boot fast enough and we have to do much better. Obviously the systems that are greater than 60 seconds have something we need to dramatically improve—whether these are devices, networking, or software issues.

my xp machine boots up fairly fast, never timed it tho. its probably about the same amount of time for my mac if i think about it tho, but the mac is pretty slow so that could be the reason there. i'm down for 15 seconds tho

i'll save everyone the trouble and say microsoft sux! booo hiss