[gurkburk]

about 15 seconds, hdd install on an ssd, disabled all unnecessary bios checks and such, bios is about a 1 second flash on the screen, then to linux stuff.

15s what motherboard do you use? I have an spare SSD that I don't know where to use yet

[crashnburn]

Wow! I'd love to see such benchmarks.

XBMC Live (Linux) /
XBMC for Windows on XP Lite - Boot to Startup to XBMC
XBMC for OSX

35s from power on to xbmc interface using xbmc live HDD install.

AMD 5000 black edition
Asus m2n-sli deluxe
2gig ram
Seagate 750G ES drive (Enterprise)

39s from power on until ready to play movies. Bios post took about 10s.

C2D E8400
Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H
Seagate 2.5" sata

about 15 seconds, hdd install on an ssd, disabled all unnecessary bios checks and such, bios is about a 1 second flash on the screen, then to linux stuff.

[sinnor]

What brand/model SSD you using along with motherboard to pull 15s?