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How quick does everyone's Mac start?

23 seconds on my Black MacBook with 1GB RAM.

1:05 G4 PM 450 Mhz 768 MB RAM (OS X 10.3)
1:03 G3 b/w PM 350 (overclocked to 450) 192 MB RAM (OS X 10.3)
 
New mini duo - from power button to usability = 15-17 seconds.

Pc it replaced, which hadn't been reformatted in over 3yrs, 2+ minutes. But, when the computer was new with fresh XP install it was about 35-40 seconds.

Over time, will the mac boot time begin to increase? Or is the increased time on the pc due to registry clutter that the mac won't suffer from?
 
treblah said:
Is that in Earth time? :eek:
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Yeah, I was crazy impressed. I booted, saw the apple logo and then the bar zoomed across the screen in one second and the desktop was up. Maybe it was a freak of nature.
 
Damn, i thought my PC was fast at ~1 minute. I cant wait to see a >30 second load up.

The iMac im on is def. more than a minute (G4 PPC @800 mhz w/ 768 mb ram and a ton on the hdd)
 
Damn, i thought my PC was fast at ~1 minute. I cant wait to see a >30 second load up.
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My "Windows" PC fully boots to the desktop, ready to use in 38 seconds. And thats from pushing the power button not just from the windows boot screen.

Of course my majorly less powerfull Macbook boots OS X (from power button) in 30.


...and you mean <30 right? :p
 
My PowerBook 12" boots in about ... lets see carry the 5, times 2 minus 9.. 4 days. Not that long, but probably at least 50-60 seconds, that is until the HD died 2 days ago:mad:
 
21 seconds total,7 of which at spinning gear before that it was sitting at the apple, then it boots in 7, then login. 21 second on 17 inch imac
 
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