Has there been a laptop not capable of that in the last 5 years? I've had 6 and that part is normal, especially with SSD..
My Sony Pro 13 SSD ultrabook for one. It would boot up quickly but take forever to reconnect to wi-fi.
I am using the Retina MacBook to run Windows 8.1, not OSX. As a piece of hardware its a huge leap forward for Windows users.
BJ