Dives for cover in anticipation of pro-Mac OS X and possible even Linux comments swarming this thread... 
27 minutes just to boot up? I can remember XP taking around 5 minutes on my ancient 8-year old box, which I thought was dreadfully slow, but 27 minutes? On a modern machine? I could watch the Simpsons and come back with time to spare, lol!
C. P. U. Its not a big processor... Its a series of pipes!