21.5" Boot Time

BunnyBusiness · Dec 6, 2012, 09:47 AM

Has anyone measured the boot time on their new 21.5" iMac with an HDD? I'd like to measure mine when it gets here and see kind of time I'm saving with the Fusion drive.

teerexx52 · Dec 6, 2012, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by BunnyBusiness

Has anyone measured the boot time on their new 21.5" iMac with an HDD? I'd like to measure mine when it gets here and see kind of time I'm saving with the Fusion drive.

About 45 seconds for me

Nandifix · Dec 6, 2012, 09:53 AM

Fusion is around 15 seconds

baxlobs · Dec 6, 2012, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by teerexx52

About 45 seconds for me

That sounds good to me, my current PC takes 2.5 mins or so.

teerexx52 · Dec 6, 2012, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by baxlobs

That sounds good to me, my current PC takes 2.5 mins or so.

Yes.. It's fine with me. I have a MacBook Pro with ssd that boots much faster. I was thinking I couldn't live without Fusion drive in this iMac but honestly for what I do it works great

comatose81 · Dec 6, 2012, 01:53 PM

Considering my 2012 Air boots in 8 seconds, I couldn't deal with 45 seconds or more.

BunnyBusiness · Dec 6, 2012, 02:18 PM

My 2008 MBP takes several minutes. I'm surprised the new iMacs are still 45 seconds though. I expected faster.

Also, I didn't know any of the Fusion Drive models had already shipped.

Thanks for the data points. If I can really save 30 seconds each time it boots up, that's nice.

sam3020 · Dec 6, 2012, 02:22 PM

I am very happy with my imac with HDD. Beautiful machine. I am glad that i didnt waste my money paying an extra £400 for a fusion drive

azentropy · Dec 6, 2012, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by BunnyBusiness

My 2008 MBP takes several minutes. I'm surprised the new iMacs are still 45 seconds though. I expected faster.

Also, I didn't know any of the Fusion Drive models had already shipped.

Thanks for the data points. If I can really save 30 seconds each time it boots up, that's nice.

Hate to keep bringing it up, but the standard 5400 RPM drive is pretty slow. Really a shame you have to pay another $450 to get a decent performing drive on the 21.5" iMac.

Hamburger · Dec 6, 2012, 03:09 PM

yes, the 450 premium bothers me as well, but the other part of me saw beachballs when I opened an iPhoto album while playing with the new iMac in the store...

noteple · Dec 6, 2012, 03:22 PM

Don't boot the desktop very much.
Usually it just wakes from sleep and its just on.

tonyyvo · Dec 9, 2012, 08:38 PM

my boot time is around 45 seconds also with the standard HD

Fatboy71 · Dec 10, 2012, 02:39 AM

Boot times are not really going to be an issue as its advisable (even Apple recommend this) to sleep a Mac, rather than shut it down everytime you have finished using it. Waking it up from sleep takes seconds from what I've seen.

Dec 6, 2012, 09:47 AM	#1
BunnyBusiness macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012	21.5" Boot Time Has anyone measured the boot time on their new 21.5" iMac with an HDD? I'd like to measure mine when it gets here and see kind of time I'm saving with the Fusion drive.
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sam3020 macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2007	I am very happy with my imac with HDD. Beautiful machine. I am glad that i didnt waste my money paying an extra £400 for a fusion drive __________________ iMac 2012 21.5" Apple iPhone 5 32gb iPad Mini 32gb wifi 7 Cellular
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Dec 9, 2012, 08:38 PM	#12
tonyyvo macrumors member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: New Orleans, LA	my boot time is around 45 seconds also with the standard HD __________________ 13" MacBook Pro 2010, 2.4GHz, 8GB RAM iPhone 4S Black 32GB
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Dec 10, 2012, 02:39 AM	#13
Fatboy71 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Dec 2010	Boot times are not really going to be an issue as its advisable (even Apple recommend this) to sleep a Mac, rather than shut it down everytime you have finished using it. Waking it up from sleep takes seconds from what I've seen. __________________ iMac Late 2012, 2.9GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5, 1TB Fusion Drive, NVIDIAGeFrc GTX660M 512M GDDR5, 24 GB ram iPhone 5 32 GB, iPad 3rd Generation 32 GB
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Dec 6, 2012, 09:53 AM	#3
Nandifix macrumors 6502 Join Date: May 2012	Fusion is around 15 seconds
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Dec 6, 2012, 01:53 PM	#6
comatose81 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Dec 2009	Considering my 2012 Air boots in 8 seconds, I couldn't deal with 45 seconds or more.
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Dec 6, 2012, 02:18 PM	#7
BunnyBusiness Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012	My 2008 MBP takes several minutes. I'm surprised the new iMacs are still 45 seconds though. I expected faster. Also, I didn't know any of the Fusion Drive models had already shipped. Thanks for the data points. If I can really save 30 seconds each time it boots up, that's nice.
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Dec 6, 2012, 03:22 PM	#11
noteple macrumors 6502a Join Date: Aug 2011	Don't boot the desktop very much. Usually it just wakes from sleep and its just on.
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