![]() To avoid unnecessary down time (and because it was necessary for systems to be "on" to push updates at night), nobody at either employer, was allowed to shut their computer down at the end of their shift. Replacing a power supply is not only time consuming, but it renders the user's system, and all data on that system, inaccessible until it's fixed. Having worked in a few corporate environments where there were several hundred systems under I/T responsibility, I learned that constant "full shut downs" and restarts are very hard on a system's power supply, and quite frequently lead to premature failure of such. Typical usage in our house would be to start up the machine, do whatever (emails, browsing, photo editing/organising, homework, etc) and then shut down each time (including switching off power at the plug). With apps it varies usually between 30-60 seconds (again - that depends on applications mainly) Although fresh install + no apps to close when logging off could get me results as good as 10 seconds. on how many applications system must close. And also no things such as Windows registry (which can slowdown Windows alot) so yeah, if you keep under control what you do install and use it's much easier to keep pace in this case as well.Ĥ. Startup times depend here on number of applications you start at boot time. But if you mean those often login time freezes that Windows based machines tend to have then no - it's rare and often means faulty application starting.ģ. ![]() It doesn't mean that you press button and app wil start in no time. In general modern UNIX based systems have much better process and thread management from that perspective than Windows does. I have yet to see it booting it for more than 90 seconds (that includes also logging in - time between pressing power button and being able to use launchpad).Ģ. My Mini is Core i5, 8 GB RAM, HDD (no SSD/hybrid), Mavericks. However by comparison to Windows I have to admit that OS X is much faster when it comes to booting computer. As apad already said - it depends on operating system or how often you do so (i.e.). Sorry that's a lot of questions, but I can't find this information anywhere.ġ. How long would the above models take to shut down again? ![]() Do Mac start up times get slowed down after a number of programs have been installed (like Windows)?Ĥ. Are applications responsive as soon as you are logged in to the OS, or is there a delay for "start programs" to load, like on Windows?ģ. How long would the basic i5/i7 take to boot up (if that's what you call it on a Mac - sorry, I'm a complete noob!)?Ģ. I know that you can just leave machines on, but we are an environmentally conscious household, so that's not really an option.ġ. To give you an idea, this often takes 10 minutes or more to go from cold start through to being able to use an application. One of the things that has frustrated me most on PC is how long it takes to startup and shutdown, including how slow it is to actually use any applications once Windows starts. I'd love to get the Fusion drive, but I'm not sure my budget will stretch to that. Some background info: I am a frustrated Windows/PC user, considering moving to a Mac Mini, probably either the "basic" i5 model, or the i7 with HDD.
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