[plug] Intel's stupidly fast PO(ST) [was: Re: boot times and software suspend]

[James Devenish]

In message <3F0CE06C.40104 at postnewspapers.com.au>
on Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 11:41:32AM +0800, Craig Ringer wrote:
> >Suspend in 25 seconds, resume in about 20 (from kernel booting -
> >BIOS takes about 30 seconds to chug through :( ).
> 
> That's one of the advantages of the Intel desktop boards - stupidly fast 
> POST, usually faster than the monitor can come out of standby.

Is this because it is genuinely fast or is it Intel's previous practice
of "Power On hard drive, Skip Tests, pray other devices responded"?