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Boot Performance in Windows 7
D' Technology Weblog — ... under 15 seconds. For a PC to boot fast a number of tasks need to be performed efficiently and with a high degree of parallelism. Files must be read into memory. System services need to be initialized. Devices need to be identified and started. The user’s credentials need to be authenticated for login. The desktop needs to be constructed and displayed. Startup applications need to be launched. Full Article ...

Windows 7 Aiming for 15 Second Boot Times? [Microsoft]
Gizmodo — ... So it looks like 15 seconds may be an internal goal that Microsoft knows better than to announce just yet—for decent systems, at least. [Engineering Windows 7 via ...

Microsoft focusing on faster boot times: is 15-seconds possible?
jkOnTheRun — ... I can't yet tell if decreasing boot time is definitely on the plate for Windows 7, but it's definitely on the minds of Microsoft. There's a very lengthy but informative post over at the Engineering Windows 7 blog that covers this topic in great detail. It's chock full of actual boot time data sent from Windows PCs via the Microsoft Windows Customer Experience Improvement Program. That's the service that users opt in to by choice on PCs and it's actually something I've always participated in, regardless of the PC I'm using. I'd all for offering up useful ...