ive been using/managing/fixing computers and servers for 40+ years. from old AS400 to full on cloud bullshit. i can remember only a single time where boot time mattered… when microsofts DNS failures caused servers to take 15 minutes to boot… other than that there hasnt been a single time it has ever been a problem or discussed as an issue to be resolved.
so why the fuck is it constantly touted as some benefit!? it grinds my gears when i see anyone stating how fast their machine booted.
am i alone in this?
Working on Sun heavy iron, boot time was excuciating. We’d add RAM to a fully pupulated E3000 and then waiy 40 minutes before the first diagnostics appeared on the terminal.
That wasn’t technically boot time, but the OBP equivalent of POST.
Honestly, OS boot time has never been an issue for me.