IDEA: Shortening boot-time

[Michael Favia]

Kenneth Porter wrote:

>
> I guess that's exactly the opposite to what power users like me want. 
> I hate booting up Windows blind and not knowing what's taking so long 
> or how much longer I have to wait.
>
Who said anything about blind? I think an intelligent progress bar is 
currently beig used and in my opinion gives me a better estimate of how 
long it is going to take i am suggesting improving the implementation 
(number of services left, estimated time to boot) and shortening the 
boot time while stil providing a polished interface. If you want to 
scare away 90% of the computing population because you like it hardcore 
i think we should make it a removable package (isn't it already?). then 
you can have your fun and we can have our elegant sophistication.
--Michael