How quick does everyone's Mac start?

[iEugene]

I was just curious to see how quickly everyones Mac system boots up. When I first got my Intel iMac (20') it booted fully in 29 seconds. Much faster than any PC in this house at least, and after putting almost 30 gigs of my files on, it now boots in just 30 -32 seconds flat. i remember having my Pentium (sp?) 4 Gateway PC and it took at least 3 mins to fully boot.

If you're bored post your computer and how fast it boots up. I'm not in any way trying to say that boot up time matters, nor am I saying that Macs are faster at booting, just a little thing I was curious about, so post somtehing along these lines. (I'll do mine)

Intel iMac 20', 1 gig RAM - 30 to 32 seconds to fully boot.

 

[h0e0h]

my 17" MBP w/ 2gb Ram boots in >30 seconds, and >50 in windows...

 

[Chundles]

1.2GHz iBook G4, from chime to everything up and ready to go = 55 seconds.

 

[jbusc]

Also, Windows XP is not fully "booted" when you reach the login screen. OS services are still starting in the background. This is in contrast to Linux and Win 2000 which are fully started when you see the login screen. I'm not sure whether OS X does that also or not.

The usefulness of such a feature is debatable.

 

[remowilliams]

MBP17 - 23 seconds from spinning wheel to fully loaded desktop.

And that includes the time it takes to type my password

 

[chosenwolf]

About 25 seconds on my MBP

 

[crap freakboy]

24 to login screen
28 to full desktop load

<edit> on a sawtooth with 1Ghz sonnet encore upgrade

 

[Mord]

fast as hell, vista takes an age.

 

[BlizzardBomb]

From pushing the power button, to a loaded desktop w/ dock takes 38 secs on my iMac G5.

 

[Josias]

MacBook 2 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 5 gigs stuff (plus OS X and programs, total 20 gigs)
21.7 seconds from pressing button to fully loaded desktop

 

[Rovman]

Both starting the second i pressed the power button, and ending when they were sitting on the desktop ready to go.
I don't have Bootcamp on the MacBook to do a comparison of them booting on the same machine.

MacBook - 30 seconds
Windows PC = 38 seconds (BIOS, POST and RAID Initialization take far longer than windows itself to boot)

Specs below.

 

[Platform]

Well I don't really know how fast it would start up...I only give it a re-boot after an OS update or software that needs a re-boot.

Then with that it takes quite a long time to boot, more than a minute maybe two !

Anyway..only happens about every two weeks

 

[SmurfBoxMasta]

Booot time.....whazdat ?

last reboot when .4.6 came out....1st cold boot after that =18 seconds
DP450/2GB ram/Raptor boot drive w/ 10.4.6 + 54.9247GB of other stuff

 

[brbubba]

My Macbook with login is about 25 seconds. However, when I first got it, it was around 10 seconds.

 

[comictimes]

yea all you Intel people make me sad...

1.25ghz powerbook: 1 minute, 25 seconds

of course, it's a very sad, sick computer which is getting replaced in a week or two by a shiny new macbook

 

[iBrow]

Usually about 45 Seconds from chime to everything up and running. ( Mac mini 1.42 GHz )

 

[celebrian23]

mbp 15'' 512mb ram:

35 seconds (also includes typing password and fully loaded desktop)

 

[iKat]

15" 2.0GHz MBP, from push of button to ready to go, 28 seconds flat.

 

[jaxstate]

MBP 2.0Ghz 1G of Ram, about 15 seconds.

 

[mark!]

24 seconds, 1.83GHz MacBook Pro with 1GB of RAM
stock 5400 RPM harddrive.

45 seconds with my iMac G3 (450MHz, 1GB RAM, 7200RPM harddrive)

and 40 seconds with my eMac (1GHz, 1GB RAM 5400RPM harddrive)

 

[treblah]

About 25 seconds on my MBP

Ditto.

However, when I first got it, it was around 10 seconds.

Is that in Earth time?

 

[mark!]

Is that in Earth time?

Don't you know the metric system???

 

[mheekowh]

25 seconds from the bang to the time I start clicking around my desktop (includes password typing)

 

[treblah]

Don't you know the metric system???

Royale with cheese?

 

[The Senator]

warp 10