Do this happen to all Macs?

[LucasBoy]

When you say the computer is asking you to set it up, what do you mean by that exactly?

When I first opened my Mac, it asks me if I want to run back up files and there is a button to click "Set Up" or "Cancel." I just click cancel.

 

[mac00b]

I bought my new 15" MBP 2.66 at the same time, and I haven't noticed any kind of slow down at all, in fact I've been trying to get used to the fact that OSX starts in 5 seconds (literally). I'm frankly amazed by the difference and the simplicity of this machine.

 

[womble2k2]

I've owned an iBook G4 1.42GHz and now a MBP 15" 2.8 GHz.

My experiences for both have been the same.

First boot, obviously takes time as it runs through the intro video, etc.

With no user accounts and no wireless settings, it is then quick.

Once you add a couple of user accounts and set up networking, inc wireless, it slows it slightly.

Then mine is more or less consistent. The only time it slows is when a system update has been installed. For a lot of these it needs to do some re-configuring so will be slow on initial boot, but returns to normal after that.

As stated in other posts, the only thing that woud slow a Mac down is if applications are loading background processes when you power up your mac.

Goto system preferences, user accounts and the login items tab to see what OS X is loading on startup. This list is not thorough though as some processes don't follow this protocol and you might need a 3rd party app to expose.

Keeping an eye on what processes are running is useful though, especially if they are consuming a lot of processor cycles or memory.

It looks like Snow Leopard will be a lot quicker to boot.

My final comment is that my MacBook Pro boot up and lets me open up firefox about twice as quick as any PC I have used!

Phil

 

[LucasBoy]

I've owned an iBook G4 1.42GHz and now a MBP 15" 2.8 GHz.

My experiences for both have been the same.

First boot, obviously takes time as it runs through the intro video, etc.

With no user accounts and no wireless settings, it is then quick.

Once you add a couple of user accounts and set up networking, inc wireless, it slows it slightly.

Then mine is more or less consistent. The only time it slows is when a system update has been installed. For a lot of these it needs to do some re-configuring so will be slow on initial boot, but returns to normal after that.

As stated in other posts, the only thing that woud slow a Mac down is if applications are loading background processes when you power up your mac.

Goto system preferences, user accounts and the login items tab to see what OS X is loading on startup. This list is not thorough though as some processes don't follow this protocol and you might need a 3rd party app to expose.

Keeping an eye on what processes are running is useful though, especially if they are consuming a lot of processor cycles or memory.

It looks like Snow Leopard will be a lot quicker to boot.

My final comment is that my MacBook Pro boot up and lets me open up firefox about twice as quick as any PC I have used!

Phil

It says the only thing that runs at start up is iTunes Helper. What is that?

 

[damnyooneek]

It says the only thing that runs at start up is iTunes Helper. What is that?

the system needs that to recognize your ipods

 

[vanc]

Is that the EFI firmware 1.7 causing the slow down? My MBP is only 3 weeks old, but I am not seeing any slow down. It's still very fast. It's only slowing down when VMware fusion is running, as expected.

I ignored the EFI 1.7 update. And waiting for next firmware update.

 

[LucasBoy]

Is that the EFI firmware 1.7 causing the slow down? My MBP is only 3 weeks old, but I am not seeing any slow down. It's still very fast. It's only slowing down when VMware fusion is running, as expected.

I ignored the EFI 1.7 update. And waiting for next firmware update.

Where is it located? Can I quit it and what does it do?

 

[LucasBoy]

I also have Blue-Tooth off. Does having it off affect my internet speed or anything?