Apple logo takes a while to show up during boot up

I noticed that when I restarted my MacBook today, the Apple logo takes a while (20-30 seconds) to just show up before the spinning gear shows up.
I'm not sure what caused this. Any ideas? Thanks.
Things I've tried
1. Repair disk permissions
2. Verify disk
3. Reset PRAM
4. Boot into Safe Mode
5. Make sure Mac OS X 10.6.5 is the startup disk

It sounds normal for me. My iMac always does that. But my sample size is a bit low; I think I have only rebooted it five or six times since I first received it in August.
Are you using Boot Camp? If not, rebooting is rarely necessary. Try using sleep mode instead of shutting down. Waking up from sleep mode is really fast.

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I when i start my macbook pro..
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