SSD-Boot time, why not Sleep?

[Oi-Oi-Oi]

Hi all,

so all this talk about SSD's and how much faster the boot times are, made me think of one question:

With the (to me) excellent sleep function of the Mac, why are people still shutting down their Mac's and thus lust after quick boot times?

Are people comparing boot times from a sole benchmarking perspective or are so many of you BootCamping that this is where the SSD really matters to you?

Don't get me wrong, I can't wait to safe up for the OWC Mercury Extreme SSD, but I am looking forward to that from App perspective (Aperture).

Cheers,
Oi

 

[Pressure]

Performance and general quickness is the only thing that matters in the end, which you didn't even include in your poll.

It simply enhances the user experience when programs start up without delay and you can do everything smoothly.

 

[barmann]

Boot times are not a measure of performance, to begin with.

And a Mac can use a reboot now and then like any PC, apart from the energy it still consumes when it's on sleep - or even off.

 

[ZenErik]

I got one for performance. And because it's not going to crap out if my laptop ever takes a hard bump. That said, I normally just put my laptop in sleep mode instead of rebooting it all the time. Not that a 10 second boot time is slow, but I just feel no need to constantly shut down my computer.

 

[Transporteur]

Booting? Current uptime is 18 days.

I boot once every two or three weeks, so I don't care about boot times at all. My Pro doesn't boot that fast anyway, it always takes a minute or so.

It's the general OS speed that is just amazing with a SSD. You really see the difference when you boot from a mechanical drive. I've got a bootable clone on a WD Black and the difference is like day and night.

BTW: What does (TM) in your poll mean?

 

[Oi-Oi-Oi]

Cool. OK couple things:

My first Poll, so yeah my poll could have been clearer and included options why you got an SSD outside of booting/sleeping. Apologies Pressure!

Secondly, Transporteur the (TM) or Trade Mark was a vain attempt at humour, trade-marking the term 'fastness'. Obviously lost something in the translation there

But it's good to see most people go for it for the performance side. The 12GB of RAM made a HUGE difference in Aperture for me. Post processing RAW files in seamless, but I can tell that a faster HDD would also make a considerable difference.

Oi

 

[Garen]

I hardly ever shut down my MP or MBP but I do enjoy the speed (performance) of the applications and generally speaking I was spoiled by SSD and can't see me going back to ..........

Garen

 

[brentsg]

Honestly I have an SSD for my boot drive, with all my apps there. I upgraded from a 300GB Velociraptor and notice very little difference other than a cold boot.