i dislike the graphics at startup (Score 1)

i like to watch what happens during the boot process, it is a good way to see if something goes wrong (like: "trouble initialising usb device, maybe the cable is bad" which happened to my mouse last week, no problem, some duct tape fixed it and it saved me lots of time i would have spent on my x setup in the worst case). if i wanted some meaningless bar i would still use win2k, else it is a very fine system.