Slow Macbook 13 inch early 2011

Hello,
Recently I have been using my Macbook extensively.  I have noticed that it seems that everytime I open the lid of my macbook use it right from sleep mode it gets quite bogged down from going from sleep to actively using it.  The wait times are getting quite annoying and I don't use many programs or have many running (Pages, ITunes, Calender, and Mail).  Also my Hard Drive is not even close to full.  I currently just have the baseline model with no added memory or anything.  I am just curious is there any way to boost the time it takes to restore from sleeping mode, It will just have the pinwheel spinning and cannot do anything.  Hopefully there is some program that can see where my ram usage that will show why my computer is being bogged down.
Thanks.

Welcome to Apple Support Communities,
I too have a 13" MBP however I have the i7 model. I have found that when opening the lid it takes anywhere from three to eight seconds to fully resume normal use. I think that it may just be the fact that the HD has to start back up however I'm not certain, so don't quote me on that. My other theory is that OS X Lion is what is taking it so long to resume because it requires a password to come out of sleep. My Mac has not slowed down after about five seconds (on average) after sleep. After that pinwheel goes away within five seconds it resumes its normal speedy lifestyle. You can see how much memory is being used by opening the Activity Monitor app. How long does it take to resume your mac after sleep (seconds). And how long are your normal wait times. Knowing these times will help me better diagnose your problems.
Connor

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