Why is fairly new iMac(Intel) slow booting up?

I've noticed how slowly my newly purchased iMac (intel) is much slower bootin up than my older iMac . Is this normal or should I not be concerned?

Thanks - I'll do both - but must close for now. Appreciate your time and efforts!!

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I received yesterday my brand new 21.5 inch Imac, with 2.7 Ghz, 16 gig, 1 TB.
My previous imac was a 20 inch basic version from 2007 so i thought it was time for an update. Also I have 5 users sometimes all open at the same time and the mac was too slow for that.
After transfering all the information from one mac to the other with an ethernet cable, I was hopping the new mac would be a lot faster than the old one but that wasn't the case.
The apps like itunes take some time to open when I expected them to open almost immediately..
Is there anything I can do to speed up the mac?
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If you have a bunch of other users open and those users have lots of applications running in the background, there isn't going to be any computer that can keep up with that!
Why do you need multiple user accounts? Family members using this iMac, too!
Quick fix, close out / log out some user account when not in use.
Keep background running apps to a minimum for each user.
If this advice isn't acceptable to you, there is nothing more you can do with this new iMac because you can't upgrade anything. It's a sealed unit.
You could return within the 14 day return for full refund and get an 21 inch iMac with the faster 2.9 or optional 3.1 Ghz CPU OR step up to the 27 inch model with the 2.9 Ghz CPU with base 8 GBs of RAM and when you get this, install more than 16 GBs of RAM. Perhaps between 20-32 GBs worth of RAM.
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You are surprised that Mac OS X 10.7 is running on hardware that Apple officially supports and says it will run on? I find your logic unbelievably falwed.
Not a single problem I've mentioned would be caused by "slow" CPU or "little" RAM. How does iPhoto not bringing up the file dialog box have anything even remotely to do with the speed of the CPU or the quantity of RAM? If what you say is true, then yes, performance would be bad, but it wouldn't be selectively bad. I stated that apps such as Reason 5 run perfectly fine, even really well. I can load 30-50 racks and synths and not even reach 50% of CPU utilization, Reason never freezes, etc. DVD playback never freezes as well!! Your logic is horrendously flawed, it seems you don't know much about computer architecture Thus, unfortunately, your reply was of absolutely no help, sorry.
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I just bought a new IMac Intel DP and completed the SW updates. Opened iMovie HD and created a new project. The program started to open but gets hung up when loading the "new movie" (which doesn't exist yet) and state loading "saved thumbnails" - this is the first time that I've opened the program. iMovie doesn't get past the loading "new movie" and never fully opens. I've tried reloading the software and rebooting the computer to n avail. Any ideas?

Well, folks, I trolled further, and found the answer further down on this Forum. The solution below worked for me:
MikeT
Posts: 1
From: US
Registered: Feb 24, 2006
Re: iMovie HD not loading
Posted: Feb 24, 2006 6:22 PM in response to: Daniela Sciaky
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OK after reading the other post I have the Workaround/Fix
In my case it was caused by migrating my old account data from my old Mac to my new Intel iMac and using the preinstalled version of iLife 06...specifically iMovie hanging while loading thumbnails with a minute remaining....forever.
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future, provided I can get back to a place where this
iMac actually runs.
Since you're new to Macs, I'm sure you don't realize that while your iMac is sitting there with only a gray screen, you can insert/push in "Install Disc 1" - and it will be accepted. Then press and hold down the power button until iMac shuts down. After waiting a few seconds until everything has settled, press power button and immediately upon hearing the usual Mac startup tone/chime/chord hold down the "c" key until you see the spinning progress indicator below the Apple logo. It will boot to the DVD, you will be able to use (from the Utilties pull-down menu) Disk Utility to "repair" the hard drive directory, then you will be able to quit the installation process, choose Startup Disk from that same Utilities pull-down, and restart your iMac:)

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L2 Cache (per processor): 4 MB
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Processor and memory
2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor
4MB shared L2 cache at full processor speed
667MHz system bus
1GB (2x512MB) of PC2-5300 (667MHz) DDR2 memory
Two SODIMM slots support up to 3GB
Storage
160GB Serial ATA 7200-rpm hard drive
Optional 250- and 500GB Serial ATA 7200-rpm hard drives
Slot-loading 8x SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
- Writes DVD+R DL discs at up to 2.4x speed
- Writes DVD-R and DVD+R discs at up to 8x speed
- Writes DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs at up to 4x speed
- Reads DVDs at up to 8x speed
- Writes CD-R discs at up to 24x speed
- Writes CD-RW discs at up to 16x speed
- Reads CDs at up to 24x speed
Communications
Built-in 54-Mbps AirPort Extreme Card (802.11g standard) (2)
Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) module
Built-in 10/100/1000 BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45 connector)
Works with 56K V.92 Apple USB Modem (sold separately)
Display
Built-in 17-inch (viewable) widescreen TFT active-matrix liquid crystal display
Millions of colours at all resolutions
Typical viewing angle:
- 140° horizontal
- 120° vertical
Typical brightness: 250 cd/m
Typical contrast ratio: 500:1
Graphics and Video
ATI Radeon X1600 graphics processor using PCI Express
128MB of GDDR3 SDRAM
Mini-DVI output port with support for DVI, VGA, S-video and composite video connections via adaptor (3)
Built-in iSight camera
Support for external display in extended desktop
- Digital resolutions up to 1920 x 1200
- Analogue resolutions up to 2048 x 1536
Support for external display in video mirroring mode
Electrical and environmental requirements
Meets ENERGY STAR requirements
Line voltage: 100-240V AC
Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz, single phase
Maximum continuous power: 180W
Operating temperature: 10° to 35° C (50° to 95° F)
Storage temperature: -40° to 85° C (-40° to 185° F)
Relative humidity: 5% to 95% non-condensing
Maximum altitude: 3,000 m (10,000 feet)
Size and weight
Height: 43.0 cm (16.9 inches)
Width: 42.6 cm (16.8 inches)
Depth: 17.3 cm (6.8 inches)
Weight: 7 kg (15.5 pounds) (4)
Peripheral connections
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Audio
Built-in stereo speakers
17-inch and 20-inch models
Internal 12-watt digital amplifier
24-inch model
Internal 24-watt digital amplifier
Headphone/optical digital audio output (minijack)
Audio line in/optical digital audio input (minijack)
Built-in microphone
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Can anyone help?
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