Open Loathing (2)

After 7 hours and 25 minutes during the previous sessions I started again at 07:10 this morning. Today is loading userland software (e.g. Lotus Notes, ODBC drivers, Postgresql tools, Adobe, etc.)
Except for the "Morning Meeting" (07:30-08:00) I was at it until 10:45.

07:10-07:30 = 0:20 CTT: 7:45
08:00-10:45 = 2:45 CTT: 10:30

10 hours and 30 minutes to restore a Microsoft system to its operational state!

(As a point of reference: the last time I loaded an Ubuntu system it took approximately 25 minutes for the initial system prep and FULL OS and SOFTWARE load. After 10 minutes of configuration it took Ubuntu approximately 35 more minutes to download and install ALL patches and updates. Roughly 1 hour and 10 minutes.)