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poll: how long dose your mac take to boot?
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Well, I hardly ever boot my computer up from zero, but just for kicks I tried it right now.
Ti400, 1:51
Like I said, I generally use sleep. I only boot for system updates and bootup time polls.
Ti400, 1:51
Like I said, I generally use sleep. I only boot for system updates and bootup time polls.
I've booted my mac 4 times in the last 4 months, i'm not a good person to ask, but i do know it is fast.
neither do i but i just installed a wicked fast 7200rpm HD in my cube so had to reboot for the first time in a while and it booted super fast so i did it again measuring (later I realised that i had updated to 1.3.3 so that slowed it down a bit it's now at 20 secs 
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Even with my 1.25 Ghz Aluminum PowerBook I hardly ever restart. I shut it down on the occasional update that requires a restart so that I can clean it off.
It takes about 1:15 from cold to logged in a ready to go.
My family has an old 733 Mhz Quicksilver, and after upgrading to a 7200 RPM hard drive they go cold to log-in screen in 23 seconds!
It takes about 1:15 from cold to logged in a ready to go.
My family has an old 733 Mhz Quicksilver, and after upgrading to a 7200 RPM hard drive they go cold to log-in screen in 23 seconds!
How strange! I have a 1.25 GHz iMac G4, also running 10.3.3, with a Nvidia GeForce 5200 graphics card and 512 MB of RAM (I don't know the speed of the HD) - it also takes 38 seconds to boot, yet my machine has LESS RAM and a processor that's a little bit over 2.75 times as fast as yours. I guess that means boot times don't increase linearly with processor speed and decrease with additional RAM.Hector said:
What do you consider a start up. To the login screen or after you're logged in and able to work? My 933 iBook seems to take about 45 seconds... I dunno why, but its not like I restart my computer anyways.
on my ibook, it takes a lil over 1 minute..i m not gonna check how much..as i dont wanna spoil my uptime...i never shut it down..
34 seconds to login window on 15" iMac 800MHz...
interestingly, it always takes longer to login the first time after booting up. personally i wish everything was loaded before reaching the login window...
reality
interestingly, it always takes longer to login the first time after booting up. personally i wish everything was loaded before reaching the login window...
reality
I'd say 30 to 40 seconds for me, I have never bothered clocking it but now next time I turn it on I will clock it, it is much faster hen it used to be, my iMac has gone from 9.2 to 10.1 to 10.2.8 and every time it gets faster so when I put panther On I hope it speeds up a bit.
geez guess i'm just weird but my comp takes at least 4 minutes. It started to take longer after i installed the ATA Card but then again at the same time i set up networking to my borthers room and it always takes 1-2minutes waiting for network intilization. Iu sually leave it on all the time so i don't notice it much. I've gone 3days 1hour and 8 minutes with out restarting. as of 4/14/04 at 8:32 central
thecow said:
Probably not. More use it more likely to wear down more quickly. Most people recommend shutting down if the 2 minutes to get all logged back in doesn't bother you.
well..not sure you are right there dude..unix machines are supposed to be always on..where did you read that it harms system?ethernet76 said:
It doesn't harm the system if you don't have those cron jobs run, but it is certainly recommended because it helps the computer run faster by deleting unneeded cache files, among other things. However, becase Unix was originally for servers that were on and active 24/7, the maintenance script was set to run around two or three AM in the morning, a time that would have been unobtrusive.
These tasks can be run manually either from the Terminal or by using some third-party app such as MacJanitor or Cocktail, eliminating the need for the computer to be on all night. Remember that if the computer is on sleep, these scripts don't run. I run the cron jobs manually and either shut the computer down or let it sleep at night, depending on whether or not I have to use it the following morning before I go to school. I haven't heard anywhere that it is bad to shut the computer down every single time, but just a matter or convenience for most people.
These tasks can be run manually either from the Terminal or by using some third-party app such as MacJanitor or Cocktail, eliminating the need for the computer to be on all night. Remember that if the computer is on sleep, these scripts don't run. I run the cron jobs manually and either shut the computer down or let it sleep at night, depending on whether or not I have to use it the following morning before I go to school. I haven't heard anywhere that it is bad to shut the computer down every single time, but just a matter or convenience for most people.
*nix really doesn't need to be on 24/7
It's just that OSes like Linux and BSD are stable and don't have memory leaks, which are the main reasons for rebooting.
There are free tools like anacron that'll manage your cron better, and were written with portable computers in mind (I think this is my third post in three days regarding anacron) - it'll make sure those "3am cron jobs" get run even if your computer is off at 3am.
I only reboot my Powerbook when a software update requires it. Normally I just let it sleep when I'm not using it.
It's just that OSes like Linux and BSD are stable and don't have memory leaks, which are the main reasons for rebooting.
There are free tools like anacron that'll manage your cron better, and were written with portable computers in mind (I think this is my third post in three days regarding anacron) - it'll make sure those "3am cron jobs" get run even if your computer is off at 3am.
I only reboot my Powerbook when a software update requires it. Normally I just let it sleep when I'm not using it.