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iMac Really Bad Startup Time
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<blockquote data-quote="dtravis7" data-source="post: 1155125" data-attributes="member: 8287"><p>I watched the video. It looks like it's looking for another boot device besides the main hard drive. I noticed it took quite a while before the Apple came up then the boot looked normal.</p><p></p><p>When you get the machine for Christmas, Open system Preferences, Startup Disk, Select the main hard drive and hit restart. See if it then boots much faster. The Apple should pop up on that gray screen almost as soon as the screen lights up.</p><p></p><p>A new 21.5" iMac comes with a 7200 RPM hard drive. A lot of people for some reason think the iMac's have a 2.5" Laptop hard drive. No, full sized 3.5" Desktop 7200 RPM in every recent iMac from the G5 to the new Intels that I have seen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dtravis7, post: 1155125, member: 8287"] I watched the video. It looks like it's looking for another boot device besides the main hard drive. I noticed it took quite a while before the Apple came up then the boot looked normal. When you get the machine for Christmas, Open system Preferences, Startup Disk, Select the main hard drive and hit restart. See if it then boots much faster. The Apple should pop up on that gray screen almost as soon as the screen lights up. A new 21.5" iMac comes with a 7200 RPM hard drive. A lot of people for some reason think the iMac's have a 2.5" Laptop hard drive. No, full sized 3.5" Desktop 7200 RPM in every recent iMac from the G5 to the new Intels that I have seen. [/QUOTE]
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