Boot up and Shutdown Times - Comparison

[Tomr182]

Hi all

Got a new rMBP 13" at the weekend and have noticed that it seems a lot slower than my L2007 Whitebook running Snow Leopard at shutdown c10 seconds vs 4 seconds. Both with no apps running.

I just thought it might be interesting to see what specs people have and what times they register and if anyone is fast/slow we can offer tips etc

2.4 ghz Haswell
8gb RAM
256gb SanDisk SSD

Start up to log in screen - 7 seconds
Log in - 3 seconds
Shutdown with no apps running - 10 seconds

 

[Barney63]

2.0GHz Haswell i7
8GB RAM
256GB Samsung

Shutdown 2 seconds
Power on to login 9 seconds
Login 2 seconds

Barney

 

[richwoodrocket]

15 inch retina MacBook Pro late 2013 19 seconds to desktop with safari open and ready to go.

 

[chabig]

I just thought it might be interesting to see what specs people have and what times they register and if anyone is fast/slow we can offer tips etc

You want tips? Here's mine--don't shutdown.

 

[Tomr182]

Here's me thinking that shutting down was a fundamental part of a properly operating computer...

 

[chabig]

It's not. Modern operating systems are designed for instant sleep, instant wake. Do you ever shut down your phone? All you have to do with your MacBook Pro is walk away and let it sleep, or close the lid and let it sleep. I haven't shut down a Mac for years. Occasional restarts are needed for some software installations, but shutdown--not at all.

 

[Tomr182]

Really? I try to turn my phone off once a week or so to keep it fresh

I'd never really kept my white book in sleep long term

 

[takeshi74]

Really. I never shut mine down and they're "fresh".

 

[chabig]

Really? I try to turn my phone off once a week or so to keep it fresh

I'd never really kept my white book in sleep long term

This has been discussed at great length.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1232931/

If you want to shut down, then shut down. But there is no inherent need or benefit to doing so.

 

[Tomr182]

Whether to shut down or not wasn't really the point of the thread to be honest, it was to compare against others. I'm obviously wondering why my brand new mac takes 4-5 times longer to shutdown compared to others.

 

[chabig]

You're comparing different operating systems. Snow Leopard quits all processes and shuts down. Obviously, Mavericks has more housekeeping to do. That's all.