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I have two Mac Book Pro 15". The first one is a work computer and is slightly older than my new one. The new one I bought about a month ago and seems very slow to boot up from a shut down.
The Old mac's specs are:
mac book pro 15" (Old style silver keys)
2.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Due
4GB ram
320GB hd 7200rpm
The boot time till login screen for this mac is 32 seconds.
My new Mac Book Pro has the black keys and has the following specs:
Mac Book Pro 15" (New style black keys)
2.4 GHz Intel Core i5
4GB Ram
320GB hd 5400rpm
The boot time till login screen for this mac is a whopping 69.9 seconds.
I do not believe the difference in hard drives rpm speed here is to blame. Also both are running OS X (10.6.4). I have tested both with xbench and the newer mac performs better even on the hard drive writes and reads. I can provide the xbench results if needed. What can I do or look at the see why there is such a performance difference? Should I bring my mac to the apple store and have a technician look at it?
Thanks, I'm new to the forums and relatively new to mac, but am well versed with Windows systems and Linux Systems and Networking.
The Old mac's specs are:
mac book pro 15" (Old style silver keys)
2.6 GHz Intel Core 2 Due
4GB ram
320GB hd 7200rpm
The boot time till login screen for this mac is 32 seconds.
My new Mac Book Pro has the black keys and has the following specs:
Mac Book Pro 15" (New style black keys)
2.4 GHz Intel Core i5
4GB Ram
320GB hd 5400rpm
The boot time till login screen for this mac is a whopping 69.9 seconds.
I do not believe the difference in hard drives rpm speed here is to blame. Also both are running OS X (10.6.4). I have tested both with xbench and the newer mac performs better even on the hard drive writes and reads. I can provide the xbench results if needed. What can I do or look at the see why there is such a performance difference? Should I bring my mac to the apple store and have a technician look at it?
Thanks, I'm new to the forums and relatively new to mac, but am well versed with Windows systems and Linux Systems and Networking.