Well I finally managed to get my boot down from 2-3 minutes to 42 seconds! It was all to do with the IOKitWaitQuiet() timed out waiting to write kernel symbols error. After a little research into the error I went into my BIOS and turned off the PCI to IDE BusMaster and the On-chip IDE controller allowing only the SATA controller to remain in play. On rebooting I was astounded to see how fast my machine booted to the desktop. The only downside to this method is that I've now lost the ability to use my IDE DVD writer and SATA DVD writers don't seem to work well with the current nforceata driver.

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MacBook Pro 15" | Mac OS X 10.6 • 2 GHz Intel Core Duo • 2 GB DDR2-667 • ATI Radeon Mobility X1600 128 MB • 100 GB Serial-ATA
Hackintosh | Mac OS X 10.5.6 • 3 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ • MSI K9N AM2 • 2 GB DDR2-667 • NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB • ALC888 Audio • 300 GB Serial-ATA
iPhone 3G • 8 GB