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    Macbook Bootup times?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Mfrey89, Jul 7, 2008.

  1. Mfrey89

    Mfrey89 Notebook Guru

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    I was just wondering what your macbook bootup times were. When i boot up mine it usually takes like 35-40 seconds to bootup and its only a month old (2b ram, 2.4ghz). Is this slow or average?
     
    Mfrey89, Jul 7, 2008
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  2. dbam987

    dbam987 wicked-poster

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    I'd say that is normal. But it depends on the additional, background applications that also startup when the laptop boots up. For example, any anti-virus* application would take some seconds on boot up to get ready.

    * I provided anti-virus applications as an example only. Mac's generally don't need such programs :p.

    Edit: Forgot to add that my MacBook Pro requires about 35-40 seconds to get into Mac OSX, and about 2 minutes to boot into Vista. Vista's boot time takes longer because of the anti-virus/firewall application (AVG), as well as support services I need for my work.
     
    dbam987, Jul 7, 2008
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  3. xprohx

    xprohx Notebook Evangelist

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    My macs boot up in about the same amount of time, so you are ok.
     
    xprohx, Jul 7, 2008
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  4. Sam

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    Its about 20-30 seconds for me, so yeah, its fine. Still much faster than my Windows PCs could :p.
     
    Sam, Jul 7, 2008
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    Is it it'll take a bit longer if there's a usb memory stick or such and staying at the white screen?
    Is there anyway to bypass that?


    soda
     
    soda97, Jul 7, 2008
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  6. diggy

    diggy Notebook Deity

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    Average boot time on my iMac is around 40 seconds, but it drops down to 33 - 35 seconds if I disconnect my external hdd's
     
    diggy, Jul 7, 2008
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    SauronMOS Notebook Evangelist

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    Boot time on my MacBook (2.16GHz Core 2 Duo, 120GB HDD, SuperDrive, 2.5GB of RAM, Merom/Napa) is about 33 seconds with Leopard. Was 21 seconds with Tiger.

    Vista and XP on my Mac and HP hover around 45-50 seconds for a full boot to internet connectivity.
     
    SauronMOS, Jul 8, 2008
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    sandwalker Newbie

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    Why not just keep it in sleep mode? I only power off maybe once per week, the rest of the time I just shut the lid in sleep mode, starts up in a few seconds. Never a problem.
     
    sandwalker, Jul 8, 2008
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    When I'm using Mac OSX, I do that all the time. But in Windows Vista (via Boot Camp), sometimes it doesn't wake up forcing a restart.
     
    dbam987, Jul 8, 2008
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  10. Sam

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    That's what I do, works fine!
     
    Sam, Jul 8, 2008
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