I have a 2011 15" 2.3 ghz with the 512 Apple SSD with 8gb of Ram and boot time is consistently 16 seconds from the time I push the power button to the time everything is up.
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I have a 2011 15" 2.3 ghz with the 512 Apple SSD with 8gb of Ram and boot time is consistently 16 seconds from the time I push the power button to the time everything is up.
not true, if you are in college you need a quick boot time.. some times i forget to turn my computer on before the teacher starts talking. but with a 20 sec boot time i can practically have my mac open with word right after shes done with her first sentence =).. oh and while im doing this the others in the classroom arent even on a windows loading screen yet
I'm in school too, your point is moot. You see, my computer is on 24/7, either asleep or running, it only gets shut down for updates and bootcamp.
Hence, boot time for me is utterly meaningless and useless to know.
Your fault for shutting down the machine in the first place, it doesn't need to be.
After selling my 13" Air Ultimate I put this drive in my 13" MacBook Pro i5. Quite fast on boot up compared to the stock 5400.
My boot time is 16 sec. I'm using the OWC Mercury Extreme 6G 120SSD. It's faster than a speeding bullet.
16 seconds for my 512 GB Apple SSD from power button to desktop. I'm timed it several times using my iPhone. Also, there are several YouTube videos with boot-times that you may be interested in viewing (ssd and non-ssd). My 13" mbp took 35 seconds with a 5400 1 TB drive.
I was getting 40-45 sec with default drive in new MBP's. Not bad on the 1TB drive16 seconds for my 512 GB Apple SSD from power button to desktop. I'm timed it several times using my iPhone. Also, there are several YouTube videos with boot-times that you may be interested in viewing (ssd and non-ssd). My 13" mbp took 35 seconds with a 5400 1 TB drive.
What about the battery?? Doesn't leaving your mac on all the time, impacts heavily on the battery lifespan???
Is it worth saving 15-40 secs per day, than the 4-5 extra months that your battery might get from keeping the mac off all night?
Hmm... where'd you read this? Never heard of anything like it before, but would be curious to know if letting it sleep is causing any significant reduction in the lifespan of batteries...
2011 MacBook Pro 17 Inch (Early-2011)
i7 2.2, 8GB DDR3-1333 G.Skill RAM, 500GB Seagate Hybrid HDD/SSD
With BootCamp installed and OS X as default boot, button to on desktop is 16-17 seconds, average after 10 tests. Initial was 17.4.
Obviously the Hybrid drives get "smarter" and put the most commonly used items into the 4GB SSD cache, that's why it got as fast as 15.7. But still very impressive overall IMP.
Would like to have an SSD, but I need the space and I like my SuperDrive.
i7 2.2, 8GB DDR3-1333 G.Skill RAM, 500GB Seagate Hybrid HDD/SSD
With BootCamp installed and OS X as default boot, button to on desktop is 16-17 seconds, average after 10 tests. Initial was 17.4.
Obviously the Hybrid drives get "smarter" and put the most commonly used items into the 4GB SSD cache, that's why it got as fast as 15.7. But still very impressive overall IMP.
Would like to have an SSD, but I need the space and I like my SuperDrive.
Definitely feeling the burn of not having the SSD, after seeing all the 15-20 second boot times I thought mine wouldn't be that bad. 320GB 5400rpm HDD @ 45 seconds to desktop.
as an iphone/ipad and mac developer I actually do daily or every other day. You be shocked how much memory leaks can effect performance on a computer. And as I make games it is difficult to avoid them in the development process.
30 sec from gong to desktop.......
+7 sec for chrome to homepage......
2011 15, 2.0 with stock 5400 500G drive.....
Come on vertex 3.......
Damn, i don't get mine for 2-3 weeks! Otherwise i would post.
Rubbish until timed. My mac currently 21 seconds on 2010 OEM drive (in 2011MBP, long story), but i am getting OWC 6G SSD soon
Before I got my 2011 MacBook Pro I was always impressed at how quickly they booted up. After getting mine I set it side by side with my 2010 Windows Laptop just to see the difference.
Pressed the power button on both machines, before the Windows 7 splash screen came on the Mac was on at the desktop was ready.
I took the mac to work and on a 15 minute break I was able to check and respond to some emails, when I tried that with the Windows laptop, once the computer booted up and was ready to go, I had to shut it down because the break was over.
Pressed the power button on both machines, before the Windows 7 splash screen came on the Mac was on at the desktop was ready.
I took the mac to work and on a 15 minute break I was able to check and respond to some emails, when I tried that with the Windows laptop, once the computer booted up and was ready to go, I had to shut it down because the break was over.
lolThis is like a "Who's is bigger?" contest isn't it?
Mine's so fast that the clock spins backwards when I try to time it
lolThis is like a "Who's is bigger?" contest isn't it?
Mine's so fast that the clock spins backwards when I try to time it
After a couple of tweaks, I got rid of the windmill. I am booting up in 13 seconds, from the time I hit the power button to desktop with utorrent at startup.
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Rubbish until timed. My mac currently 21 seconds on 2010 OEM drive (in 2011MBP, long story), but i am getting OWC 6G SSD soon
I can attest to the fact that the 2010 MacBook Pro, at least the 17" and 15", dunno about the 13", can easily boot in 12-15 seconds with the X25-M. I've done it. IN fact, the 2010 MacBook Pro 17" with X25-M was able to boot faster than any tablet, any phone, even the MacBook Air 2010.
I do miss that laptop sometimes. It really was an amazing machine. If I had to do it all over again, I wouldn't have bought the 2011 17". 3 Genius Bar appointments just isn't cricket.