How can I check how fast is my Macbook ?

[XPcentric]

I'm interested mainly how quickly an application is open. When I go to Apple stores, their Macbook open so quick an application. ALthough I have 4GB ram, 2.4GHz Macbook aluminium, my apps, even Safari take a while to open.

I have really many applications installed, and have not reinstalled the OS since 3 years ago when I bought it.

 

[840quadra]

I am not sure how to get a quantifiable result without installing a software application, and or just simply using a Stopwatch.

What I can say, is I was in the same boat prior to the release of Lion. My MBP was 3 years old and on the original install of it's OS, with an in place upgrade of the original OS. Prior to Lion coming out, I bought a new HDD, installed a fresh copy of Snow Leopard, and noticed a considerable improvement on the overall speed of the system.

It is quite possible that the new drive is quicker, however, I contribute much of the speed to a clean install, with only current (software I use) applications installed.

Sometimes starting from scratch is a nice way to get a new feeling system!!

 

[Tomorrow]

More important question:

Once you check to see how fast your MacBook is, what would you do about it?

 

[-tWv-]

try a clean install