Bootup time

Hi,
I have installed Leopard since it came out in October. After installing it, I performed disk utility task to repair permission. I found that, the bootup time is longer (from the time I press the power button until the desktop screen) compared to Tiger. Does anyone have this problem? Is there anyway we can speed it up?
STan

Often resetting the PRAM will help slow boots.
Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238
If that doesn't help there are more suggestions in this article.
Tutorial: Resolving slow startup: Speeding up Mac OS X boot time
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20060131080021235

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