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    How long should it take to start up?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by the939672, Apr 2, 2010.

  1. the939672

    the939672 Notebook Guru

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    I wanted to know how long your alienware laptops take to start up. I timed mine from the moment I pressed the alienhead to turn it on till I heard the welcome sound once it logged in and it took 1 minute and 20 seconds. I want to know how does this compare to yours.
     
    the939672, Apr 2, 2010
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  2. inap

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    15-20 second but i have ssd. can't remember my boot up time with reg hdd though.
     
    inap, Apr 2, 2010
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  3. anand00x

    anand00x Notebook Evangelist

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    anand00x, Apr 2, 2010
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  4. Shazzbozz

    Shazzbozz Notebook Consultant

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    Are you counting 1min20sec until every startup program is loading, or just to the desktop? Mine to the desktop is ~40 seconds from hitting the button.
     
    Shazzbozz, Apr 2, 2010
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  5. Aikimox

    Aikimox Weihenstephaner!

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    Yep, the boot times are slow. To my R2 it takes ~1min to load, IBM ThinkPad R40(2003) ~30sec :)
     
    Aikimox, Apr 2, 2010
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  6. mfractal

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    Bet your thinkpad does not have windows 7 :)
     
    mfractal, Apr 2, 2010
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  7. darkloki

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    SSD Rules all in terms of Boot-Up times, once you go Solid Sate you can't go back. Meaning if one pc has a Solid State drive, pretty soon they pretty much al have to have a solid state drive. :D
     
    darkloki, Apr 2, 2010
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  8. Aikimox

    Aikimox Weihenstephaner!

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    Yep, but it has the latest Ubuntu 9.10 with Compiz and other effects. I tried Ubuntu on M17x but got a longer boot time, dunno why.
     
    Aikimox, Apr 2, 2010
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  10. Cyborg95

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    Is that including the bios time? if yes, please tell me how you achieved such low boot times, as i am running 2ssd's in raid 0, but i still cant get that to happen.
    thanks in advance.
     
    Cyborg95, Apr 4, 2010
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  11. the939672

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    I get 1 min 20 sec from the moment I press the power button to when the welcome screen appears and I log in.
     
    the939672, Apr 4, 2010
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  12. corrupt05

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    also used this app, got 22sec.. Might of been faster if my computer didnt get attack by a virus last week :( (too lazy to re-install)

    specs in sig
     
    corrupt05, Apr 4, 2010
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  13. ndudsz

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    Pretty much out of the box (How much damage can you do in three days :p) I got 77 secs.
     
    ndudsz, Apr 4, 2010
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  14. beomsu21

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    i got 39-40 seconds total from power pressed to desktop screen.
    Maybe 38 seconds if I can enter my password 1 second faster.

    I have M11X 500gb 7200 rpm, 4gb, nothing in startup and all disabled all unnecessary startup items. 40 seconds is great for me as well as no need for SSD at the moment. Maybe when prices go down, 20 second startup and even more benefits, is great, but price just not for me. plus I'd would like to get a 500gb SSD when available.
     
    beomsu21, Apr 5, 2010
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  15. mfractal

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    i get 82 seconds including face recognition.
    My x25-m 160 will be in soon, so it'll be very interesting to compare performance :)
     
    mfractal, Apr 5, 2010
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  16. Cyborg95

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    Man you are lucky, i have 2 ssd's in raid 0, i get 35 seconds. :mad:
     
    Cyborg95, Apr 5, 2010
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