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Thread: Your Mac's Startup Time
- September 7th, 2003, 08:17 PM #1
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Your Mac's Startup Time
Hi
I thought it would be interesting to see which system and what configuration had the fastest start-up time.
Please post your start-up time and OS version, RAM, HD size, Processor/Processor Speed and Model (eg. iBook, G4, PowerBook etc.). So everyone has the same time measured start timing when you press the power button and stop when all icons and desktop items appear. And round times to the nearest second.
I'll go first.
1min 23secs.
iBook 700MHz, 30GB HD, 640MB RAM, OS 10.2.6
1min 19secs
Blue/White G3 350MHz, 6GB HD, 64MB RAM, OS 9.2.2Truth hurts. Maybe not as much as jumping on a bicycle with a seat missing, but it hurts.
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- September 7th, 2003, 08:39 PM #2
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Systems:
• 2.5 GHz MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo, 4 GB RAM, 320 GB hard drive, runs 10.6.8
• 1.6 GHz iMac G5, 1.5 GB RAM, 120 GB hard drive, runs 10.4.11 (out of commission)
• iPhone 4, 16 GB, iOS 4.3.5
- September 7th, 2003, 09:01 PM #3
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I suppose
Truth hurts. Maybe not as much as jumping on a bicycle with a seat missing, but it hurts.
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- September 7th, 2003, 10:40 PM #4
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57 seconds
iMac G4, 800MHz, 512MB, 10.2.6
I love this machine!
- September 8th, 2003, 12:11 AM #5
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QuickSilver 933mhz, 1024MB, 10.2.6
Network time off
Am I winning? heheQuicksilver 933mhz
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6 port Belkin Firewire400 hub
4 port Belkin usb hub
- September 8th, 2003, 02:02 AM #6
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Nah, mine has the longest startup time, which means I'm winning (from the same school of logic that brought you GOLF)
iBook 500 - 2:45
Just as well I don't have to do that except for software updates.- iMac G5 1.8GHZ 17" | SuperDrive | 160GB | 512MB | Airport Extreme | Bluetooth Keyboard & Mouse | Wacom Intuos II
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- September 8th, 2003, 02:50 AM #7
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1 min. 19 sec.
PowerBook G3 (Wallstreet), G4/500 w/1MB L2, 512 MB of RAM, 8 GB primary HD, 2 GB extension bay HD, Mac OS X v10.2.1
1 min. 25 sec.
iMac, G3/350 w/512k L2, 384 MB of RAM, 30 GB HD (partitioned into three volumes), Mac OS X v10.2.6_____________________________________________
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- September 8th, 2003, 08:21 AM #8
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How about wake from Sleep times?
I find your lack of faith... Disturbing!
Windows is a 32-bit extension to a 16-bit graphical shell for an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor by a 2-bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition
...not the sharpest knife in the drawer...
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