New Macbook Pro - less than a week old

Hi all,
I just recently got a Macbook Pro, had it for 3 weeks before it got stolen and got it replaced through insurance.
Since getting this new one, I have noticed its considerably slow to start compared my previous one. Anyone can suggest why? before it would make the apple noise instantly and go straight into log in page in matter of few seconds but now it takes a while.... like 10 to 20 seconds... any suggestions??

I have phoned up Apple to ask about this... and they said on average MBP should take up about 15 to 20 seconds... and they reckon it seems just about right.. nevertheless they helped me to perform few things... to reset the hardware etc and did step by step apple hardware test... and came up with nothing wrong... so they ensured that its normal..and perhaps my previous one was lucky one with real fast boot up time...
but suggested that i reinstall os x if i was still worried... so have done all that and updated all the softwares etc.. seems just about the same if not marginally faster... so maybe i was just paranoid... i dont know.. but ican assure you guys that the one i had previously was definitely faster eh... hmmm
will try the boot up option later on...and keep you posted. other than that thanks heaps...
oh and i have no other problems... its running smooth as once its up and runing...

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