How long is the start up time with macbook pro retina?

I just bought a new 13 inch macbook pro with retina display. It is using osx mavericks.
It takes about 21 seconds to start up. I watched a demo on youtube and the demo showed it should take about 12 seconds to start up.
I have two users on the computer and each user requires a password. Would that take it longer to start up? The demo had one user and it didn't require a password.
I also briefly had sophos antivirus installed but uninstalled it. I don't know if this could have slowed it down, but it is off the computer now. I also have the firewall turned on...could this slow it?
Thanks for any input!

AppleCare will only replace your battery if it has significantly lower than expected capacity within one year of buying. After a year it's not covered.
Your battery's capacity very much depends on how you treat the battery. If it's always in a hot environment and if you're always draining the battery to 0% charge (two things that decrease Lithium-Ion battery life), then the capacity that you have is not too surprising.
You could try calling AppleCare but I don't know that you'll get anywhere with them considering that it's been more than a year.
-Eric

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