[mythtvnz] Has anyone seen the new Zotac units?

[Stephen Worthington]

On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:26:15 +1200, you wrote:

>----- 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? 

It is a Hitachi Travelstar 5K160 2.5" SATA drive (HTS542516K9SA00):

  http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/site/en/products/travelstar/5K160/

Not exactly the fastest drive, but very reliable.  I have never tried
standby with Mythbuntu, as it boots fast enough anyway.  And I can not
use standby when rebooting to Vista, as Vista loads incompatible
firmware into my USB tuner and it then does not work unless I power it
down so that it will cold boot.