The comments below the published article are pretty good. Found this one which explains the 20 minute boot-up period that I assumed was hogwash:
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I guess the comentators don't understand. And maybe the author is missing one key element too.
We are not talking here about "how crap Vista is". Of course is boots faster than XP. In tens of seconds.
But not from a server-based image over the network. And that's what these companies often use.
You see, Vista boot-image is quite a bit larger than XP's. And I do have a friend who works for a large US pharma company and her computer takes 30+ minutes to boot.
This is aggravating and it represents a not unsubstantial portion of the 8 hour workday.
And if their disorganized sysadmin occassionaly tells them in the middle of the day to reboot, they do have to stay overtime because of that. It's over an hour of just sitting there on such day.
This is neither Vista bashing, nor we are talking about 1.5 minutes here.
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No matter the reason, employees shouldn't be docked due to a company's crappy IT infrastructure.