Just a trivial question but,,

After typing in your password in your account, can you guys count the number of times the blue circle spins? My computer spins that circle for 15 times. I think that it is bad because that is slowww.

I haven't counted, but I imagine it is as fast as your computer is. There are a lot of processes that run between hitting enter and having a fully operational OS. This would include the programs you have in your startup queue.