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Boot times of 7-10seconds

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mm1250

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Sep 3, 2007
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Hello,

I got a MBA and I read the boot times are around 7-10 secs. However, I have consistently noticed my boot times are around 15secs. I have the 13'' model with 4GB so I'm curious to how others here are able to achieve such speeds?

ONly startup Item I have is the ITunesHelper and not other apps really.

Also, are people timing the boot ime from the the point of the power-on button or after the screen displays the logo?
 
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robby818

macrumors 6502a
May 2, 2007
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People are terribly inaccurate when it comes to measuring boot up time. Ask most people and they would say their laptop boots up in a minute, in reality it's probably closer to 2-3 minutes. I think 15 seconds is about as good as it gets for the MBA.
 
Hellhammer

Hellhammer

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Dec 10, 2008
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Mine boots in around 15secs though I haven't measured it. Maybe some people stop the time when it gets to the login screen which is not the right way. Loading desktop takes easily few seconds
 
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Andrmgic

macrumors 6502a
Jun 27, 2007
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I clocked around 15.36 with a stop watch.. before I bought one.

Very impressive speed..
 
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T4R06

macrumors 65816
Oct 8, 2007
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i have the base 11" with 128ssd cold boot is around 13-15 secs

theres no such thing as 7 secs
 
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dhartlen

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Nov 27, 2010
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Based on the amount of time I've wasted watching Windows reboot time and time again in my life, I am not going to complain one bit about the approximate 30 seconds or so it took for my MBA to reboot this morning while installing a program.
 
HLdan

HLdan

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Aug 22, 2007
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If anyone is saying they get 7-10 seconds they are most likely timing it after the boot chime comes on. You're suppose to time it from the time you press the power button. And OP, 15....even 20 seconds is good as it takes 35 for my Macbook Pro which has a 7200 rpm drive. :)
 
gwsat

gwsat

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Apr 12, 2008
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Hellhammer said:
Mine boots in around 15secs though I haven't measured it. Maybe some people stop the time when it gets to the login screen which is not the right way. Loading desktop takes easily few seconds
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foiden said:
Pretty much 13-15 seconds from being completely off.
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Yeah, me too. In the interest of science I just rebooted and timed how long it took between the time I pressed the Power button until the desktop was fully populated. Including the time it took for the MBA's Airport client to reconnect to my wireless router, the entire process took 17 seconds. I then timed how long it would take Windows 7 to load in a VMware Fusion VM. That took more time, 57 seconds.
 
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hcho3

macrumors 68030
May 13, 2010
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7-10 seconds? Can you please tell me who are these people and what kind of jesus laptops they have?
 
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og1

macrumors regular
Oct 6, 2008
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It all seems irrelevant since the machine will standby for up to 30 days.

btw my brand new 13" MBA boots in 20-24 seconds to a USEABLE desktop. 7 seconds? I doubt...
 
potentpotable

potentpotable

macrumors regular
Oct 22, 2010
136
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Toronto
My boot ups, with nothing authorized to run at start-up, has been around 25 seconds since updating to 10.6.5. :(

Has this happened to anyone else?
 
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