# how long does it take your PC/Apple to start up **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 2, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-long-does-it-take-your-pc-apple-to-start-up/161051 "2010-10-02T16:00:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![llink78](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/llink78/32/8037_2.png) [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 4:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-long-does-it-take-your-pc-apple-to-start-up/161051/1 "2010-10-02T16:00:41Z")
jw what everyones startup time is? mine from off to my IE open is 54 seconds. using windows 7 64bit ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-long-does-it-take-your-pc-apple-to-start-up/161051/2 "2010-10-02T16:22:46Z")
Haven’t timed it…I will later. Next build is going to have SSDs in RAID so hopefully under 20s ---
**Author:** ![Gl1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gl1/32/5471_2.png) [@Gl1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gl1)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-long-does-it-take-your-pc-apple-to-start-up/161051/3 "2010-10-02T16:27:08Z")
I’ll time it. I have 2 60 gb ocz vertex in raid. if i had win7 it would be faster, but it’s pretty freakin fast. macs boot alot faster. ---
**Author:** ![llink78](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/llink78/32/8037_2.png) [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-long-does-it-take-your-pc-apple-to-start-up/161051/4 "2010-10-02T16:29:39Z")
im pretty happy with my HP laptop… under a min is pretty good. and i think my HD is only a 5200 rpm. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-long-does-it-take-your-pc-apple-to-start-up/161051/5 "2010-10-02T16:31:46Z")
> [@llink78](#): > > im pretty happy with my HP laptop… under a min is pretty good. and i think my HD is only a 5200 rpm. Throw an SSD in there and see what happens 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![llink78](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/llink78/32/8037_2.png) [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-long-does-it-take-your-pc-apple-to-start-up/161051/6 "2010-10-02T17:02:00Z")
> [@ProgRocker](#): > > Throw an SSD in there and see what happens 🙂 [Seagate Momentus XT ST93205620AS 320GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s with NCQ 2.5" Solid State Hybrid Drive Bare Drive - Newegg.com](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148592) decent deal? comes to $94 shipped ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-long-does-it-take-your-pc-apple-to-start-up/161051/7 "2010-10-02T17:12:44Z")
Better Deal: [http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227542](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227542) I’d toss that in there and get an external for all your pics/movies/music. 1m 26s from off to IE …ughhh Should be alot faster. ---
**Author:** ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-long-does-it-take-your-pc-apple-to-start-up/161051/8 "2010-10-02T17:18:59Z")
when you say boot up does that mean from the time you press the power button until the desktop shows up? ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-long-does-it-take-your-pc-apple-to-start-up/161051/9 "2010-10-02T17:22:34Z")
20sec or so… Windows 7, SSD, Quad core AMD ---
**Author:** ![Gl1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gl1/32/5471_2.png) [@Gl1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gl1)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 5:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-long-does-it-take-your-pc-apple-to-start-up/161051/10 "2010-10-02T17:27:14Z")
> [@llink78](#): > > [Seagate Momentus XT ST93205620AS 320GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s with NCQ 2.5" Solid State Hybrid Drive Bare Drive - Newegg.com](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148592) decent deal? comes to $94 shipped how much space do you need? a ssd rather than a hybrid is worth it IMO. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-long-does-it-take-your-pc-apple-to-start-up/161051/11 "2010-10-02T17:30:16Z")
> [@Tunerfreak](#): > > when you say boot up does that mean from the time you press the power button until the desktop shows up? That’s how I went…From a powered off state to an open instance of IE…I’m running a Quad Core Intel, and a 10,000 RPM Velociraptor. ---
**Author:** ![llink78](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/llink78/32/8037_2.png) [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-long-does-it-take-your-pc-apple-to-start-up/161051/12 "2010-10-02T17:48:34Z")
> [@Tunerfreak](#): > > when you say boot up does that mean from the time you press the power button until the desktop shows up? yea i did from off to open IE ---------- Post added at 08:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:46 PM ---------- > [@Gl@re](#): > > how much space do you need? a ssd rather than a hybrid is worth it IMO. id want something close to 150-200 gb. i dl alot then transfer to a external about once a week. i alrdy use a external for music movies pics. right now i have 174 gb used on my 320gb HD ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-long-does-it-take-your-pc-apple-to-start-up/161051/13 "2010-10-02T17:52:29Z")
[http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227551](http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227551) - 120GB? Improved my time to 1m 8s ---
**Author:** ![Copper280z](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/copper280z/32/5464_2.png) [@Copper280z](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Copper280z)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-long-does-it-take-your-pc-apple-to-start-up/161051/14 "2010-10-02T19:38:06Z")
57sec amd 4600+ x2 2gb ram(pc2 6400) 160gb 7200rpm 8mb cache drive asus mobo super fresh install of XP. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Omerta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Joe\_Omerta](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe_Omerta)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-long-does-it-take-your-pc-apple-to-start-up/161051/15 "2010-10-02T20:51:15Z")
26 seconds Dell vostro 1500 laptop 64GB SSD T7500 2.2GHz core 2 duo 2GB RAM windows 7 x64 Desktop 17seconds 2x 60GB ssd raid 0 3.0GHz core 2 duo(wolfdale) 4GB RAM win 7 x64 ---
**Author:** ![Wahoo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wahoo/32/8265_2.png) [@Wahoo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wahoo)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-long-does-it-take-your-pc-apple-to-start-up/161051/16 "2010-10-02T21:56:02Z")
around 1min 20sec it showed my desktop icons, so then i clicked internet explorer which for some reason always takes so long to load and then I realized I shouldn’t even time it since it is that bad lol. AMD Athlon 3200 64 Windows XP Home Edition 2gb of ram ATI Radeon HD2900xt ---
**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 11:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-long-does-it-take-your-pc-apple-to-start-up/161051/17 "2010-10-02T23:30:35Z")
24 seconds on the computer I use most of the time… i7 MacBook Pro Vertex 2 SSD Its a bit faster without the encryption, but I can handle it as is. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 11:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-long-does-it-take-your-pc-apple-to-start-up/161051/18 "2010-10-02T23:31:54Z")
I wish I could figure out why mine takes so long :-/ ---
**Author:** ![ZOMGVTEK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zomgvtek/32/5063_2.png) [@ZOMGVTEK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ZOMGVTEK)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 11:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-long-does-it-take-your-pc-apple-to-start-up/161051/19 "2010-10-02T23:35:24Z")
> [@Tunerfreak](#): > > when you say boot up does that mean from the time you press the power button until the desktop shows up? I would imagine so. I have however noticed some people not include the BIOS screen for whatever reason. I suppose the time BIOS takes to load isnt real… Really, you want the time from when you press the power button, to when the OS is booted and the computer is useable with no or very little hard drive activity. It can take quite some time on some computers to actually open a program from when you see the desktop. If you cant load a internet browser, its still booting. ---
**Author:** ![Bull49](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bull49/32/7381_2.png) [@Bull49](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bull49)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-long-does-it-take-your-pc-apple-to-start-up/161051/20 "2010-10-03T00:08:19Z")
57 seconds with this thing: [http://www.newtechnology.co.in/acer-aspire-5532/](http://www.newtechnology.co.in/acer-aspire-5532/) cheapest laptop they had at best buy when i got it last decembderish. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-long-does-it-take-your-pc-apple-to-start-up/161051.md?page=2)