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Instant on & Lion - not instant..

ZBoater said:
Am I understanding the issue correctly that waking up is taking 3 seconds instead of 1? :confused:
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Yeah that's pretty much to the T... it's annoying but not leap off a cliff awful. I notice it, but I prefer the 4 finger swipe to another open desktop/full screen app any day... as for battery life... not sure if it's actually shorter.
 
If I wake my MBA up from Sleep mode its on in about 1-2 seconds, that is instant for me. Seriously guys, you guys are freaks who say you want instant instant in 0 seconds. Thats ridiculous ... :)

The MBA of my brother (we both have 13" i7) is as fast as mine.
 
drxcm said:
My 11" i7 can take up to 7-8 seconds to wake from deep sleep.
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My 13" i7 is also the same. I don't think its every been instant. Its often 2-4 seconds but occasionally is 8/10 seconds before the screen comes on.

Instant to me = sub second i.e. before you can notice or be able to do anything else in the time.
In computers, instant on is the ability to boot nearly instantaneously i.e. straight away, not after 1/2/3/4..etc seconds.

Those saying we are expecting too much. Apple are the ones that advertise it as Instant on. If they did not advertise it we would not expect it.
 
I apologize about hijacking this thread, but after reading that a lot of folks have noticed longer wake times from sleep and intermittment issues with wifi on Lion since July, I was wondering if I should hold off on upgrading to Lion? I sold my Air 11" ultimate and have ordered the 13" Ulimate (2010) from Apple and I am not sure if they will include a free upgrade to Lion. I liked Snow Leopard on my 11" and had no problems and now I am wondering if it's worth the upgrade to Lion with folks still saying that SL was snappier. I am sure future Lion releases will improve speed, etc. Are there any 2010 Air owners who would care to comment with some advice? Thanks!
 
mr1 said:
I've tried both with the same results.
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Ok mate, then I really do have no idea what causes it. Its weird, its not really related to any hardware so far I have seen, as some guys in here do not have this kind of problem. Guess its just some lion bug which needs to be fixed by Apple. I guess we have to wait for 10.7.2 and see if it helps.
 
rickolis said:
Has the 10.7.2 update fixed the wake from sleep issue for you guys?
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I haven't really had a chance to test it out, but 10.7.2 definitely fixed some other bugs (mostly related to full screen issues). The system feels snappier overall, so I am guessing the instant-on will be improved. One of my bigger gripes was how long it would take to reconnect to the WiFi network, which was supposed to be another fix included in the patch. I will try to test out both when I get back home.
 
rickolis said:
Has the 10.7.2 update fixed the wake from sleep issue for you guys?
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I had the 10.7.2 beta, and while it didn't solve all the problems (occasionally it would "forget" the Wi-Fi connection, and it still isn't nearly as fast to return as was Snow Leopard), it did improve performance quite a bit. There were quite a few builds, so I'm guessing Apple fixed a lot of bugs with this release.
 
rickolis said:
Has the 10.7.2 update fixed the wake from sleep issue for you guys?
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For me it has on a mid-2011 MBA 13". It's a second or less to get a password box when opening the lid, and a second after hitting Enter to get to the desktop. It was 3 or 4 seconds for each under 10.7.1.

Perry
 
10.7.2 has made it worse for me. Before my screen was on in under second with a 2 second trackpad delay now the screen takes 2 seconds to come on and a further 2 secs for the trackpad.
 
You know what's annoying? This is still an issue even after the latest update. Waking from sleep on Lion still takes anywhere from 3-5 seconds long. And waking up from full sleep (ie. in complete standby mode) takes upwards of 8-10 seconds long.

It's kind of ridiculous, especially since it's touted as "instant on."

EDIT: Ah, I just got caught up on the thread. I see a lot have already noted latest Lion doesn't fix this issue. So hopefully in a future update...?
 
Mine is very random. Sometimes fast waking from a sleep, sometimes slow. Same for deep sleep.
 
how many seconds to login from starting on MBA?

How long does your guys MBA's take to log in screen from initial start on of MBA. I have a 2011 base model 13inch MBA.


think mines takes about 17 seconds.
 
Revive thread!


It's an issue for me, as well. 2011 MBA, 13" i5. Once it goes into deep sleep, it can take about 2-3 seconds for the screen to actually pop up (cursor shows up immediately sometimes, though).

To all the posters who are asking us why this is such an "issue," it's simply because 1. They advertise instant-on, and 2. Before they even HAD instant-on, the 2009 MacBooks (and many others) would literally turn on instantly with the flip of the lid! My sister's Macbook comes on a split second after you open the lid, and it's fully responsive.

THAT's the problem. Not only was this advertised as being faster, but it's also SLOWER than previous MacBooks with SL. :rolleyes:
 
litchblade said:
If I wake my MBA up from Sleep mode its on in about 1-2 seconds, that is instant for me. Seriously guys, you guys are freaks who say you want instant instant in 0 seconds. Thats ridiculous ... :)

The MBA of my brother (we both have 13" i7) is as fast as mine.
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Then my 15" MBP with Snow leopard also has instant on then. My MBP is alot faster than 2 seconds :cool:
 
I got a software update a couple days ago specifically for the MBA and since installing that (reboot required), the mouse delay after instant-on has significantly decreased. It's still not without hesitation, but it's markedly improved. This update was after the 10.7.2 update many weeks ago.
 
My Air is up to date as of Nov. 9th. This morning, after a night of 'full sleep', my Air still took about 8-10 seconds to wake.

Also, the screen was fizzled. Does anyone else get this sometimes? Where the screen looks like it's all scrambled? It goes away after you log in, so it's not that big of a problem. I'll try to take a picture next time I see it.

Anyway, yeah, instant-on, still not instant.
 
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