Not really asking any question but, rather, putting out an observation.

I'm running a MacBook Air 2017 in which I replaced the original 128GB SSD with a 480GB SSD to give me decent room to run MacOS Big Surand Windows along with room for a data partition. Not that I think it pertinent but here is the drive setup; these numbers are rounded off:

• 140GB MacOS Big Sur.
• 140GB Windows 10.
• 200GB data.

Everything is fine and working well.

What I don't get is that the Windows side of the system will boot MUCH quicker than the Apple side. I mean REALLY quicker such as in Windows booting in 1/4 to 1/3 the time that it takes the Apple side. I'm using the Apple's built in boot manager called Boot Camp.

I would just think that, with it being an Apple system, that the Apple side would tend to boot quicker but it isn't even close.

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I think it has much to do with the effort Microsoft put into improving boot times for Windows 10. It may be that Apple hasn't put in that effort.

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stephen boots
Microsoft MVP 2004 - 2020
"Life's always an adventure with computers!"

Could be but I also think that part of it MAY be Intel. Let's face it, Windows systems are Intel's biggest client. They MAY optimize their chips in the direction of Windows.

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