Originally Posted by
WillingPilot
My computer takes rouphly 13 seconds to boot up (Windows 7) as for Ubuntu it takes less than that probably 8 seconds.
I just timed the HTPC booting up as we had to shut it down and reboot due to the remote going wonky: I made it about 8 seconds in the BIOS, followed by 12 seconds to boot the OS, log in and start xbmc.
That's Ubuntu with a dual-core Atom booting from a cheap SSD.