I’ve always wondered why boot time matters so much in an operating system. Each release of Windows claims to boot faster, each release of <insert OS here> makes the same claim as well… And its not a secondary marketing point either — its put right up there with stability, reliablity, user-friendliness and so forth.

Why this matters so much I don’t know. Personally, I just turn the machine on, go make some coffee and come back to the pretty login screen.