[mythtvnz] Has anyone seen the new Zotac units?

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nick Rout" <nick.rout at gmail.com>
To: <stephen at jsw.gen.nz>; "MythTV in NZ" <mythtvnz at lists.linuxnut.co.nz>
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [mythtvnz] Has anyone seen the new Zotac units?


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...

Agreed, resume from standby is about 10 secs (CF card) using 9.10, less the other way, what is it in and out of standby on 10.4? 
Also what is your HDD media Stephen?