Slow system boot with wireless keyboard

I have a new Mac Book Pro with OS X Lion. Attached I have a Thunderbolt display, magic mouse and Apple wireless keyboard. My system just runs perfect, but sometimes it uses a long time to boot. Today I've found out that it only happens, when I first turn on the wireless keyboard and after that boot the Mac Book Pro. If the keyboard is turned off while booting, it's very fast and if I turn on the keyboard after booting the system, it stays fast. But not if the keyboard is turned on before booting.
Does somebody else have the same problem? Does someone has a solution for that?
Best regards,
Thomas

Hi...
You actually provided the solution yourself. Or rather the workaround.
Wait for login screen to show before turning on wireless devices.
I asume you are seeing a grey progressbar during boot when you have this issue.
If that's the case, it's actually booting in to save mode.
It's a known issue. Search for grey prograssbar in the forum.
/Dennis

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