What is up with this instant on?

Normally it should take about a second. It is still not as fast as the iPad, but compared to other laptops I had, this is almost instant. Having said that, sometimes the MBA does need more time to really become usable after waking up from standby. Connecting to a WiFi network can cause delays.
The flash storage helps very much to increase waking up times.

 

It takes a second or two if it is plugged in, or if it's be on battery for less than an hour. After that time, the MacBook Air goes into a "deep sleep" mode similar to Windows hibernation. That's what takes a little longer to start up. The upside is that it uses almost no battery.

 

"Ordeal: A painful or horrific experience, esp. a protracted one"

6 seconds?

 

6 seconds cannot be considered instant. Is it always 6 seconds for you, or only when waking up from deep sleep? Do you have WiFi on? Other USB devices?

 

I don't need to read it again.

I just thought it was funny to refer to a six second wait as an ordeal.

 

Mine is up and ready to go by the time I get the screen open.

 

Mine takes 1-2 seconds. If i plug in my USB ethernet adapter before, and then open the screen, it takes around 6-7 seconds.

 

It's an ordeal because 6 seconds is not and shouldn't be considered instant.

Education lesson
6 seconds = 6 seconds
Instant = Immediately

 

If you have Parallels or Vmware it will kill your deep sleep

Ever since I got mine installed, Deep Sleep does not work as advertised.

 

Mine wakes up in about 2 seconds; however, my apps don’t seem to open as fast what I seen on other MBAs, on YouTube. My apps seem to take about 5-10 seconds to launch.

 

Yeah me too... At the very most I've had to wait a second for the cursor to move.

 

We don't take issue with the question, just the poor choice of words.

 

Both...

The only issue I had with deep sleep once so far is that it required me to press the power button for it to come on as it did not come on when I opened the laptop. But once pressed it came on straight away.

 

Even after a whole night, when i open the lid, it takes about 1 second to on. It most definitly is an improvement with my old MBA and Imac's... If it takes you 6 seconds, somethings wrong with your MBA or settings ...

 

Nothing.

 

Mine is instant when I close it and open it again within the hour to a few hours if memory serves me. If it's more than a few hours and it's gone to deeper sleep, then it'll take about 4 seconds vs the instant on (like within a second of opening it's ready to use).

Not really an issue to me

 

Never read better definition.

Among all the marketing characteristics oversold by Apple for its products the "instant on" for MBA is definitely the most dishonest.

I love my MBA but it's everything beside instant on. It takes the same, if not longer than my MBP (standard HDD).

 

uhm mine comes on within a second at the most...

you stating your macbook pro is faster is a crock of sh** or theres something seriously wrong with your air