How long should a MacBook Pro take to start up?

I purchased my MacBook Pro 11 mo ago, at the beginning it would take about 30 secs to start up, now it takes almost a minute (the same as my old Dell computer) the only program I have installed is Microsoft office, the mac computers at work take about 30 secs to start up.
I probably don't have more than 10 word files in "my documents" and no more than 500 photos, which I think is nothing compared to ALL the information I have in the computer at work
is it normal to take 1 minute to start up? What should I do in order to make the start up faster?
It annoys me that it takes almost the same as my old Dell computer
Thanks

Mountain Lion has a annoying feature it loads the last used programs when you log in.
So disable that, there are various hacks on this thread
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3244852?start=30&tstart=0
See if that improves your boot time and if not, then do the #12/#13 OnyC cache cleaning routine here and reboot when finished.
..Step by Step to fix your Mac
If that doesn't solve it, investigate your Office verison is compatible with your OS X version
http://roaringapps.com/apps:table
Uninstall it and see if the boot time resumes normally, or update it or run further through the Steps.
Why is my computer slow?
The Mac's at work, are they running 10.7 or later? Or the fast and speedy 10.6

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