Sloooooooooow Start Up Times.....any ideas?

I used to boot in 13 seconds, then online in 23 or so.
Now it takes about 27 seconds to see the main screen, and about another minute (almost) before I can get online.
I also looked in activity monitor, the only thing non intel is the Microsoft office and free DDR is about 300MB or so. Does having a lot of items on the dock make that much of a difference?
Looking for a solution here.
Thanks!

The Dock includes an alias of the application only and should have no effect on boot time.
Have you checked your Login items list for your login account preferences?
Although 27 seconds to boot isn't anything to be alarmed about (in a big hurry are we? ;~)), have you performed any system troubleshooting procedures and if so, what?
I wish I could get my Dell notebook running Windows XP at work to just boot in under 1&1/2 minutes.

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