Originally Posted By: Roger

Actually, on my netbook, Windows 7 does boot (all the way to the desktop) in ~40 seconds. I do have an SSD in there, though...

Before my SSD ate itself, my desktop was going from post-post to login screen in like 20 secs, then about 12 secs after entering the password to full desktop ready to go. It was glorious.

For some reason my BIOS loves to post twice and has done that ever since I've had it.