Windows 7 Ultimate and MBP questions (Please Help)

1.Normal boot time for Windows 7 in laptops should be around 30-90 seconds. Slower than this is possible. Mine boots in about 35-50 seconds with an Momentus XT drive (Hybryd HDD+SSD)

2.The Retina MBP should boot up in about 10-30 seconds depending how many applications you have configured to launch when boot up.

3.Adding more RAM will not help boot up times. If it does, difference is negligible. The SSD will be notorious improvement over HDD boot times.

4.To reduce boot times make sure you don't have programs you don't need configured to launch when booting. Programs such as: Dropbox, Steam, Printers, Antivirus, and others. Of course Antivirus is absolutely encouraged to start up when booting.

5.It is likely Win7 Ultimate will start a bit slower than, for example, Windows 7 Home Premium. This is because Win7 Ultimate has a lot more info to load when booting because its a more robust version and since data has to be loaded from the disk drive. But as I said, having an SSD will improve performance when booting dramatically.

 

Anywhere from 15 seconds to a minute

Ram will not help boot times, the SSD will.

Nothing apart from making sure you have the least amount of startup programs running. You can't upgrade your computer so hardware wise you're stuck with whatever speed you get.

Yes, slightly.


If I may ask, why does boot time matter so much? How often do you actually reboot? If you absolutely need windows and do not require gobs of computer power, virtualization might serve you much better with no rebooting at all.

 

I don't think you will be disappointed with the boot time - I have a 2.7/16/512 and it boots Win7 Ultimate in about 15 seconds or so.

In case you didn't already know, make sure you install the 64 bit version so you can take advantage of the extra RAM.

 

If you care about boot speed get the Windows 8 upgrade. It boots a whole lot faster.

 

Curious why you're so obsessed over boot times? Do you plan to constantly restart Windows?

 

I really don't think disabling those two will make a noticeable difference. If it does don't expect more than a second or two. Now, if I may ask, why is that you need a very fast boot up time? There may be another solution to what your seeking.

 

The partition size really depends on how much space you need for all your data on the Windows side. I set mine at about 96 Gigs and have about 25 still free. I use the Win partition for work, so I have data files on there.

If you don't need/have much data for the Win side, you can probably get by with 32 Gigs or so (maybe even less, I'm not sure). To be on the safe side, you should give yourself a little extra space.