Ultimate Nitpicker Question

Why are you using chrome? Safari on OS X is more smooth, and almost as fast. Try using your MBP a bit longer and re-attempting the test.

 

Not all drives are made equal, even if their numbers say so. There could be a variety of factors. Best thing to do is to not worry about it. If it bothers you so much, just go for the SSD.

 

Really dude? Really?

 

I've got the same machine though I use Safari and I do have a SSD installed. I usually have it bounce once, then as it comes down the program will launch. I guess I could install Chrome and see how that works but I hate Chrome - I use Safari on my Mac at home and my PC at work.

 

+1

Does the extra second really bother you? I wouldn't worry about it.

 

The physical location of the application on the disk could be the issue as well. There is likely nothing wrong with the machine at all. Chrome take 3 bounces on first launch for me as well on the 2010.

 

agreed.

what could you have done with the extra second? I get why you've started the thread, but thats really pedantic.

 

I have a SSD, and Chrome opens before the first bounce is done. I'm still on Firefox 3.6, though. Chrome can't handle the number of tabs I like to have open, and Firefox 4 RC feels about 10x more bloated (using tons of RAM and constantly hitting 100% CPU and beachballing. Anything in the UI is painfully slow, especially dragging tabs between windows).

 

I find Chrome to be way smoother (along with being much faster) then any version of Safari thus far.

 

Should we even bring in the security factor from Pwn2Own last week?