MacBook vs. Mac SE Startup Speed Test!

Which Mac starts up faster?

The contenders:

1988 Mac SE
8 Mhz MC68000
2 MB RAM
40 MB Disk
System 7.0.1

MacBook (Mid-2007)
2,000 Mhz Intel Core 2 Duo
2,560 MB RAM
81,920 MB Disk
Mac OS X 10.5.4

Category:

Science & Technology

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• startup
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[rockinstlouis]

Did something happen with the HDD light for the SE?

[zeleftikam]

Good observation. I replaced the original disk a few years ago with a replacement (original disk failed after only 20 years... piece of junk!) The replacement disk didn't seem to have a connector for the activity indicator.

[dvamateur]

Atari ST can beat 40 seconds easily, but that's because it has the OS in ROM. Nonetheless, I am a big fan of the Mac SE/30. Fantasticly looking machine. The laptopt on the right looks cheesy compared with the Mac SE/30, at least to my taste. Since I grew up in the 80's, most of the things from the 80's look cool to me, sincy my taste had developed at that time. Alright, I am old. Sorry, can't do anything about it.

[zeleftikam]

Heck yes.

[benny21293]

how did you change the Apple logo on the Macbook?

[zeleftikam]

Google "Bootxchanger"

[xGSWxST3ALTHx]

LMFAO That is the best comeback ever LOL.

[Seyahhsod]

Windows Swallow!

[mdolivetti]

what is the point of all this? Is it comparing "new and fast" to old equipment that is not bogged down with bloatware?

[CharlesP2009]

That MacBook is slow, I've got G4 machines that startup faster. The boot has been altered with that colored Apple logo so I'm not surprised.

[talldude123]

Even my bargain-basement HP laptop beats your Apple, and it was built the same year!

[oliver18754]

LOL the lower spec apple computer won the more advanced model.

[youngswag803]

Looks like the Mac SE won so am going to have to buy that instead of the macbook who needs 2Ghz when you have 8 MHz XD

[Bikeman1010]

@zeleftikam If you use Norton disk utility you can get an extension that will give you a little blinking hard drive by your finder. Or just listen to the awesome SCSI HDD loading sounds. When my macbook is on I never have any idea when the disk is running, its silent. Also if you use your macbook at a desk and take the battery out, the cooling fan will almost never come on. The battery seems to be the only thing that makes the fans come on. Youtube all day with a silent macbook, try it out

[hyperhippy92]

SE: doo-doo-doo-doooo dooo-dooo-dooo-doooooo doooo-doooo-doooo-doooooooo (sad mac)

[VaderNES]

@dvamateur 40 seconds? My Macintosh SE can do 20, or even less on good days.

[TheKorgboy99]

I have an se sitt'n right next to me. Im suprised that they have faster startup than computers today. They work great

[bretwashere]

i hate when people compare their old world macintoshes to EFI or BIOS based machines.

The brilliant engineering of the macintosh ROM was the reason the SE is faster. Basically all the APIs are in ROM, which makes the machine blazing fast. IIRC, the first version of the system and finder were under 40k in size.