apps slow to start

i think u think too much,

 

yea, when my comp first turns on itll take programs like 5 seconds to start up. After ive launched, quit, and relaunched it takes like 1 second.

 

Your asking for too much. That's a very fast start up time for applications, especially when its waking from sleep or starting up.

 

relax its normal. i think its how much ram you have. even with 1.5 gigs the app still initially has to write to the ram but if you close and re-open, the info is still there and loads much faster. at least i think that is whats going on

 

Does having more mp3s/files slow system?

Just wanted to add that , i have around 5gb of mp3 transfered to my brand new mac along with some software i installed etc.
I did notice a slight delay in boot time opening programs when restarting the system etc as opposed to when i got my imac brand new.

Does it all depend on the ram?(i have 1gb) for things to run faster.
Or does it depend on all the files that are cramed into into the harddrive.

What if my mp3 are stored on an external hardddrive would that make a difference in speed of the mac booting up?

I have an ONYX program that does some harddrive permission etc etc and it seems to help a bit in speeding up i guess.

I know most mac programs are memory hungry and one can see it in the dashboard widgets.

any comments.