[mythtvnz] Has anyone seen the new Zotac units?

[Nick Rout]

On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Stephen Worthington
<stephen_agent at jsw.gen.nz> wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:10:42 +1200, you wrote:
>
>>If you use an Intel SSD (solid state drive) it will be silent and boot
>>in around 10 seconds. I bought 40gb versions for around $225 ish ex GST
>>from memory. You want the Intel versions as other brands have
>>historically had longevity and performance issues (these issues may be
>>fixed now but why risk it).
>
> Bootup time is no longer much of a problem with 10.4 anyway.  I have a
> test install on my laptop (5400 rpm drive) and it boots all the way
> into mythfrontend (from the grub menu) in 32 seconds.

22 extra seconds is still a lifetime for a "consumer appliance". Then
again we are taught that you should never have to reboot a linux
box...