1. John Scoble

    John Scoble Junior Member

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    I am thinking of getting a Mac with an SSD, or adding an SSD to a Mac. I have heard that starting up the Mac OS with an SSD is like greased lightening - basically, you start up and it is up and running. Is it the same with Windows 7 under Parallels? If I install Parallels and Windows 7 on the SSD (if that is possible), what sort of time does it take to start up Windows? At present, on my MacBook, it is quite slow to start Windows 7 (although quicker than starting up Windows XP on my old Windows Desktop PC!).

    I hope someone can guide me on this - Many thanks
     
  2. takeshi74

    takeshi74 Bit poster

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    My Mac with SSD takes about 16 seconds (it's not instant but very fast) to boot into Lion. Bootcamp takes about the same amount of time to boot into Windows 7. I haven't timed booting Windows 7 under Parallels but it is also quick.
     
  3. lnemo

    lnemo Hunter

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    20 seconds until you can see the desktop; 30 seconds until I can really work on my MacBook Pro 2010 with PD 7 running Win 7.
     
  4. John Scoble

    John Scoble Junior Member

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    Thanks

    Thanks, both, for this info - it sounds hopeful that this might be the way to go.

    John
     

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