Now, this is extremely unlikely, and doesn't correspond to my own experiences, but Microsoft says that in certain situations (crappy hardware, outrageous amounts of data, 32-bit install), the Windows...
The times they have posted in this article seem very inaccurate.. A clean install on what I would consider to be my "Mid-Range" PC took 21 minutes via USB install (23 via DVD) and only took 18 minutes on my "High End" PC.. So I'm curious to see what hardware they used when they came up with the install times..